THE TABERNACLE
THE TEMPLE
THE BODY
Symbols
|| Alpha & Omega
|| Anchor
|| Ark (ship)
|| Arm
|| Banner
|| Book (scroll)
|| Bread
|| Bricks
|| Bridal
|| Chains (fetters)
|| Chi-Rho
|| Cloak
|| Cornerstone
|| Cross
|| Fire
|| Gate (door)
|| Girdle
|| Grail (Chalice)
|| Halo (nimbus)
|| Horn
|| Ihc (Ihs)
|| Keys
|| Lamp
|| Lighning
|| Nails
|| Oil
|| Potter's Wheel
|| Rain
|| Salt
|| Sword
|| Tower
|| Trumpet(sounding)
|| Vessel (earthen)
|| Well
|| Wine
|| Winepress
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Loyality & Affiliation
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Relics
|| Jesus' baby blanket {Aachen, Germany}
|| five pieces of wood from the Santa Culla (manger) that Christ was laid {Santa Maria Maggiore church, Rome}
|| Jesus' foreskin/prepuce {Coulombs Abbey, France}
|| Jesus' loin cloth worn on the cross {Aachen, Germany}
|| pieces of the true cross {Santo Toribio de Liébana, Spain; other locations}
|| The Shroud of Turin Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy}
|| Mary's cloak {Aachen, Germany}
|| apostle Peter's remains {St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City}
|| apostle Mark's remains {St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy}
|| Ignatius of Antioch's remains {St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City}
|| Augustine's Elbow {Annaba, Algeria}
|| Augustine's remains{ Pavia, Italy}
|| Athanasius's remains {Santa Croce, Florence, Italy}
|| Cyril of Alexandria's remains {Alexandria, Egypt}
|| Thomas Aquinas's remains {Saint-Servin, Toulouse, France}
|| relics of St. Francis Xavier {Basilica of Bom Jesu, Goa, India}
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other References:
The Hebrew Sanctuary
---Michael Scheifler
Christian Symbols
---Doug Gray
Crucifix, Cross
---Robert J. Loescher and others
Relics & Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity
---Met museum
The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church
---Justin Popovich