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altar boys Servers at the altar, not in minor orders, at Mass, Vespers, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Marriage, Holy Communion, etc. See ACOLYTE. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

altar bell A small bell kept at the epistle side of the altar, rung during Mass at the Sanctus and at the elevation of the Sacred Species, as an invitation to those present to take part in the act of adoration at the Consecration. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Altar Bell A small bell placed on … Continue reading “Altar Bell”

Altar (in Liturgy) In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an altar-stone. In ecclesiastical history we find only two exceptions: St. Lucian (312) is said to have celebrated Mass … Continue reading “Altar (in Liturgy)”

ALTAR A table-like structure, on which sacrifices and incense were offered, built of various materials, usually of stone, but sometimes of brass, etc. It is evident that sacrifices were offered long before the flood; but the first mention of an altar in Scripture is when Noah left the ark. Mention is made of altars reared … Continue reading “Altar”

Altanus in Roman mythology, was a south-westerly wind, believed to be a son of Tellus because he was thought to come out of the earth. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Altani, Antonio an Italian prelate and diplomatist, was employed by pope Eugenius IV in several important affairs, especially as nuncio at the Council of Basle. Two new nunciatures one in Scotland in the time of James I, the other in England in 1437 were intrusted to him by the same pontiff, who also made him … Continue reading “Altani, Antonio”

Altaneus al-ta-neus. See MALTANNEUS (Apocrypha). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Altanaeus (, prob. for , and this, by resolution of the dagesh, for ), one of the sons” of Asom (or Hashum), who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (1Es 9:33); evidently, the MATTENAI SEE MATTENAI (q.v.) of the genuine text (Ezr 10:33). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Altan, Jidakti Burchan (the golden and imperishable), in the mythology of the Mongolians, was one of the holy prophets who came from heaven from time to time to warn men. He appeared in that period of the world’s history when the ages of men had come down as low as thirty thousand years. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Altan, Jidakti Burchan”

Altan, Gatusun is an idol worshipped by the Kalmucks, and is represented in the form of a snake with four feet. The carrying of such an idol is thought by them to be a suire protection against all dangers. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature