Sacrifice: Difference between revisions
→Old Testament or "Old Temple" sacrifice
(Created page with "A '''sacrifice''' is an offering or act of propitiation (atonement) * a sacred or ritual offering * from Latin ''sacri'' (sacred) + ''facere'' "to make, to do" ** from PIE root '''*dhe-''' "to set, put" ** thus "make done" * as opposed to ''sacrare'', which means "to make sacred", sacrifice is a sacred offering not an act of making holy unto itself Per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/510/ CCC 2099]<blockquote>It is right to offer sacrific...") |
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|'''Burnt offerings''' | |<center>'''Burnt offerings'''<br> | ||
(o''lah'' for holocaust)</center> | |||
(o''lah'' for holocaust) | |||
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* sacrifice of thanks & devotion, as well as for atonement | * sacrifice of thanks & devotion, as well as for atonement | ||
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** the smoke “sanctified” (make holy) the altar | ** the smoke “sanctified” (make holy) the altar | ||
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|'''Grain offerings''' | |<center>'''Grain offerings'''<br> | ||
(''minchah'' for gift)</center> | |||
(''minchah'' for gift) | | | ||
| | * grain offerings usually in the form of bread | ||
* may also be wine (“fruit of the earth”) | |||
* a handful of flour or oil is used for a burnt as offering | |||
** the rest is consumed by the priests | |||
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|'''Peace or Slaughter offerings''' | |<center>'''Peace or Slaughter offerings'''<br> | ||
(''shelamim'' for peace & prosperity)</center> | |||
(''shelamim'' for peace & prosperity) | | | ||
| | * sacrifice of thanksgiving | ||
* the animal is slaughtered and consumed | |||
* the fat of the animal is burnt as offering the best portion to God | |||
* the priests received the breast or shoulder; the offerer receives the rest for consumption the day of or the next | |||
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|'''Sin & Trespass offerings''' | |<center>'''Sin & Trespass offerings'''<br> | ||
(''chatat'' for sin from “to miss or to err”; ''asham'' for guilt)</center> | |||
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* sin offerings could be an animal or grain | |||
* for atonement of unintentional sins | |||
** which could be for the entire nation of Israel | |||
* “guilt” or “trespass” offerings” were for intentional sin and required reparation | |||
** i.e, repayment for harm done (see [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/leviticus/7?2 Lv 7:2]) | |||
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|'''Notes on Passover and the Passover Lamb''' | |<center>'''Notes on Passover and the Passover Lamb'''</center> | ||
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* from [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/12 Exodus Ch. 12] | |||
* the “lamb” is a 1 year old sheep or goat | |||
* and must be “without blemish” | |||
* the lamb is slaughtered, the blood applied to the doorposts & lintels (supporting beam at top of the door) | |||
** no foreigner is to eat it | |||
* the blood marks the houses that Angel of God will “pass over” when taking the first born males of Egypt ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/12:27 Ex 12:27]) | |||
** the blood is to be applied with a “hyssop” plant | |||
** which was used to give Jesus wine on the Cross (see [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/19:29 Jn 19:29]) | |||
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