Catholic Word of the Day: SHIP, 02-19-11

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SHIP

A symbol of the Church, usually with a cross on her sails. Frequently the ship is represented in full sail plowing through turbulent waters that are testing her progress. St. Hippolytus spoke of the Church as a "boat beaten by the waves but never submerged." Fishermen saints were often represneted with the ship as their emblem, so too the Apostle St. Jude. St. Brendan, the Irish navigator, and St. Francis Xavier both are symbolized by ships. St. Elmo or Erasmus is called the patron saint of sailors, and the phenomenon of St. Elmo's fire, often seen at sea, has been named after him.

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On my Eastern European pilgrimage, we visited a church that was modernistically described as a 'ship.' Very traditional inside, however.

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Denial of Faith	Charisms of Service	Infanticide
Episcopal Conference	Eparchy	Righteous Anger
Ecclesiastes	Immodest Looks	Creation
Sigilum (Seal of Confession)	Aggiornamento	Actus Dei
Gradual	Presbyterians	Cartago
Diversity of Grace	Dieis Irae	Anti-Semitism
Parental Instruction	Moral Act	Parallelism
Ittai/Ithai	Ferial	Positive Imperfection
Night of the Spirit	Balm, Balsam	Ghetto
Crucifixion	Argument ad Populum	Wisdom
Diadem	Sealing	Chinese Rites
Ship

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[Tax-chick]

Presbyterian churches, coming from a Nordic cultural heritage, are sometimes built in an “inverted Viking ship” design. Very pretty.

[Lee N. Field]

SHIP

A symbol of the Church

Rich in symbolic significance. Reminiscent of the Ark Noah built, used by God to carry a chosen remnant safe through the watery (this time) judgment ordeal brought upon the world.

[Salvation]

I also thought about all the shipwrecks that St. Paul endured, yet survived.

The Catholic Church also has endured some shipwrecks, but seems to always survive stronger and invigorated.

[annalex]

Aaron Puts a Golden Jar with Mannah in the Ark of the Covenant

This is a well-known altar in East Europe, but I don't remember where.





Coin of Simon ben Kosiba

showing the Temple with the Messianic star on the roof and the Ark of the Covenant inside

(British Museum)





An icon light in the shape of a ship
Russian Chapel on the relics of St. Nicholas

Bari, Italy

[Straight Vermonter]

Denial of Faith	Charisms of Service	Infanticide
Episcopal Conference	Eparchy	Righteous Anger
Ecclesiastes	Immodest Looks	Creation
Sigilum	Aggiornamento	Actus Dei
Gradual	Presbyterians	Cartago
Diversity of Grace	Dies Irae	Anti-Semitism
Parental Instruction	Moral Act	Parallelism
Ittai or Ithai	Ferial	Positive Imperfection
Night of the Spirit	Balm, Balsam	Ghetto
Crucifixion	Argument ad Populum	Wisdom
Diadem	Sealing	Chinese Rites
Ship

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