JORAS - Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society

There are some modern church building that are not greatly Catholic churches. Gone are the archs and with them the idea of separation between heaven (the Sanctuary) and the world (nave) and between the priesthood and the laity. The true spirit of Second Vatican Council puts all the elements of the sanctuary in place. This article is catechesis on this sacred space that bridges heaven and earth. There is a relationship between the altar and the tabernacle. The altar is a symbol of Christ and/but the tabernacle contains the Eucharist which is Christ. The relationship between of the table of the word and the table of the Eucharist is also stressed. In the building of churches, care must be taken that all these traditional elements must carefully put in place by architects, builders, liturgists and liturgiologists.

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