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JUDAEAN ARCHITECTURE

Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
“You know that David my father, because of the wars that beset him, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God until such time as the LORD should put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
But now the LORD, my God, has given me rest on all sides, without adversary or misfortune.
So I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD, my God, as the LORD said to David my father: Your son whom I will put upon your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.
1 Kings 5:16-19

The order of the Holy Mass and the physical design of Liturgy have origins deep within the Jewish Atonement Rites.

Note:
​THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING STRUCTURE
IS A HYBRID OF THE WESTERN ROMAN CATHOLIC BASILICA
​AND THE EASTERN JEWISH TEMPLE.

SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

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Note how the Holy of Holies is translated into the liturgical expression of the church plan as the Catholic sanctuary. However, the sacrificial altar is placed within the Catholic sanctuary whereas the Jewish altar remains outside of the Holy of Holies.

MEDIEVAL CHURCH

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