Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Boards, Sacred
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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were small pieces of board struck together, for the purpose of assembling the people to worship, before the invention of bells. To the present day, the Catholics use such boards in Passion-week and Lent, because the noise of bells they consider to be unsuitable to the solemnity of the season. On the first day of Easter, the bells ring again, to betoken cheerfulness and joy.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Boards, Sacred'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/boards-sacred.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Boards, Sacred'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/boards-sacred.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
