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House of Prayer

House of Prayer

house of prayer

A church, the house of God, as Our Lord designated the Temple of Jerusalem : “My house is the house of prayer.” (Luke 19)

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

House of Prayer

Places where persons assemble to pray, and to receive religious instruction, but where the sacraments are not administered. It is the general name of the Protestant churches in Hungary, and was such in Silesia under the Austrian rule, to distinguish them from the Roman Catholic places of worship. It is also used in Germany to designate the churches of such sects as are not officially recognized, as the Moravians, etc. The synagogues are also called houses of prayer (Isa 46:7). Pierer, Unic. Lex. s.v. SEE PROSEUCHAE.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature