lamps

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 546 words | Copyright

lamps. These were probably used in Christian worship from the first, as it usually took place at night. The ceremonial lighting of the evening lamp that accompanied the singing of the ‘Phos Hilaron’ is attested by St Basil. From at least the 6th cent. it was customary to burn lights—lamps and later candles—before shrines and relics (and in the E. before icons). The burning of a perpetual light before the reserved Sacrament came into general use in the W. in the 13th cent., but was not obligatory before the 16th.

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