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The second altar from Jewish Scripture that prefigures the Catholic altar is probably less familiar to most people than the bronze altar we examined in Part 1 of this series. Here in Part 2, we will focus on the “golden table” of the “Bread of the Presence.” 1Like the bronze altar of sacrifice, this golden table was located in the Tabernacle of Moses. Unlike the bronze altar, the “Table of Showbread” (as it is sometimes called) was not in the outer courtyard, but in the inner sanctuary of the Holy Place.
If we examine the golden table on which this bread was placed in light of Jewish Scripture and tradition, we discover that the Bread of the Presence not only prefigures the Eucharist: even more, the golden table on which it was offered prefigures the sacred tableof the Catholic altar, on which is offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Table and Tabernacle
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If we examine the golden table on which this bread was placed in light of Jewish Scripture and tradition, we discover that the Bread of the Presence not only prefigures the Eucharist: even more, the golden table on which it was offered prefigures the sacred tableof the Catholic altar, on which is offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Table and Tabernacle
Continued below.
The Jewish Roots of the Catholic Altar: The Golden Table (Part II) - Adoremus
The second altar from Jewish Scripture that prefigures the Catholic altar is probably less familiar to most people than the bronze altar we examined in Part 1 of this series. Here in Part 2, we will focus on the “golden table” of the “Bread of the Presence.” Like the bronze altar of sacrifice...
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