Temple
In general, a Greek temple is a place, a space, under the sacred protection of a divinity, and where a ritual is performed. By extension, a temple is a famous religious building where the worship rendered to a deity.
In the most common meaning in France today, the temple is the religious building of Protestant reformers (the Lutherans of Alsace and Moselle and the Swiss speak rather of church , as well as Canadians). Some villages with this name by cons refer to an old-established the Templars. This can also choose the venue of a lodge Masonic see Masonic Temple.
It uses specific terms to other religions: the church ( Catholic , Protestant and Orthodox ), the mosque ( Muslims ), the synagogue ( Jewish ), the pagoda (religions of the Far East ).
Temple, absolutely, means:
- the Temple of Jerusalem , or First Temple , built by Solomon in the tenth centuryBC. AD, destroyed by the Babylonians in -586 , and which nothing remains, the Second Temple , rebuilt to -536 , renovated by Herod the Great and destroyed by Titus in the year 70 , and he is only one part of the city walls, including the wall from 57 meters that Jews call the Western Wall (also known as the Wailing Wall);
- the Order of the Temple or Knights Templar, a religious order founded in the military XII century in Jerusalem to defend the Holy Sepulchre ;
- in Paris , the Tour du Temple , remains of an ancient monastery that served as a prison to Louis XVI and his young son died when Louis , by metonymy , the Temple district , located in the Third District , where the particular tile temple.
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Etymology
In the Roman world , the templum , the contribution of culture Etruscan , is the space separate from the rest of the world. This is a space cut out of the sky using the auspices that the priests were transcribed on the ground, then it is a land sacred, inviolable, which also includes the building of worship built over.
Templum comes from the Indo-European root Famous Temples
- the Roman temples ;
- Temple of Amun at Karnak ;
- the temples of Angkor , in Cambodia ;
- the temple of Borobudur on the island of Java in Indonesia ;
- the Parthenon in Athens (see Greek Temple );
- the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus , one of the seven wonders ancient;
- the Pantheon , the temple of all gods, the Pantheon in Paris , the former church of Sainte-Genevieve transformed by the Revolution into a Temple of Reason ;
- The Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu , which gave its name to an album of Tintin.
- Greek temples of Sicily are among the best preserved:
- Valley of the Temples in Agrigento : Temple of Heracles, Hera, of Concord, Castor and Pollux
- Segesta
- Selinunte Temple E
- Syracuse Greek temples : temples of Athena, Apollo, Zeus
- the Temple of Solomon
- Samye : 1 Temple Tibet (eighth century).
Temples in France
- the Maison Carree in Nimes
- the Temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne
In the original sense of the sacred space where rituals take place, the site of " the nine stone steps "to Soubrebost, Creuse is interesting to consider. Probably a cult devoted to Celtic, Gallic nature of solar, it is unclear whether human sacrifices were actually made as certain studies suggest.
A project to build a temple for Peace by the congregation Vajradhara-Ling in Normandy. This Temple will be a replica of Samye , the first temple built in Tibet , founded by Padmasambhava in the eighth century.
Temples of religions present
Some religions advocate the construction of temples for their celebrations:
- This is the building in which Protestants celebrate their faith.
- According to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the Mormon Temple is literally the house of the Lord.
- The Mahabodhi Temple is a building which is celebrated the rites of Buddhism.
See also
Related articles
- Buddhist Temple of a Thousand Buddhas in Boulaye in the department of Saone-et-Loire
Bibliography
- Rene Lawrence Stroll through the temples of France, Les Presses du Languedoc, Millau, 1996, 520 p.
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