Sevens of the Church

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Sevens of the Early Church

Seven of Saint Vincent's Hospital

Seven Sorrows of Mary

Seven Joys of Mary

Seven Seasons

Seven Liturgical Colors

Seven Colors of Faith

Seven Parts of the Vested Chalice

Seven Blessings on the Righteous

Seven Doves
or Gifts
of the
Holy Spirit

Seven Abominations of the Lord

Seven Woes of the Unrighteous Pharisees

Seven Angels
or Stars
of the
Seven Churches

Seven Branches of the Temple Menorah

Seven Branches of Learning

Seven Days of Creation

Seven Colors of the Rainbow

Seven Ancient Lights or Heavenly Bodies

Seven Great Descriptive Statements
of God's Son Jesus

Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer

Seven Last Words of Christ

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Sevens of the Early Church

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Adam and Eve from Pixabay

PRIDE
GREED
LUXURY
ENVY
GLUTTONY
ANGER
DESPAIR

Separate us from our Source.

Mary from Pixabay

SEVEN BODILY WORKS OF MERCY

Mercy from Pixabay

FEEDING THE HUNGRY
GIVING DRINK TO THE THIRSTY
CLOTHING THE NAKED
VISITING THE SICK
HOUSING THE HOMELESS
RANSOMING CAPTIVES
BURYING THE DEAD

Sought by LOVE.

SEVEN SACRAMENTS

Sacraments from Pixabay

BAPTISM
CONFIRMATION
HOLY COMMUNION
CONFESSION
EXTREME UNCTION
ORDINATION
MARRIAGE

Provide for forgiveness of SINS and
strength to seek VIRTUE and do MERCY.

The Church of Our Fathers Chapter 12 Faith and Teaching Roland H. Bainton Westminster Press, 1950

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Seven of Saint Vincent's Hospital

Immaculate Conception Chapel St. Vincent's Hospital Toledo, Ohio from Toledo Catholic Blogspot

SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY

ADMONISH THE SINNER
INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT
COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL
COMFORT THE SORROWFUL
PATIENTLY BEAR WRONGS
FORGIVE INJURIES
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Reflect the life of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Observed stained glass window themes 'Seven Bodily Works of Mercy' 'Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy' Immaculate Conception Chapel St. Vincent's Hospital Toledo, Ohio

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Seven Sorrows of Mary

Pixabay

Simeon's Heart Piercing
Prophesy for Mary
During Jesus'
Presentation
at the Temple

Pixabay

Mary Flees to Egypt
to Save Jesus
from King Herod

Pixabay

Mary Looses Jesus
for Three Days
at the Temple

Pixabay

Mary Meets Jesus
Carrying His Cross
to Golgotha

Pixabay

Mary Witnesses Jesus'
Crucifixion and Death

Pixabay

Mary Witnesses Jesus
Taken Down
from the Cross

Pixabay

Mary Witnesses Jesus
Laid in the Tomb

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	Seven Seasons
Mary and Elizabeth from Pixabay ADVENT Christmas Preparation	Manger from Pixabay CHRISTMAS Christ's Birth	Three Kings from Pixabay EPIPHANY Christ's Manifestation
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Gethsemane from Pixabay LENT Easter Preparation	Resurrection from Pixabay EASTER Christ's Resurrection	Holy Spirit from Pixabay PENTECOST Holy Spirit Fills Apostles
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	Children from Pixabay ORDINARY TIME Ordered Sundays Outside Other Seasons
	The Episcopal Church Calendar of the Church Year 2023

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Seven Liturgical Colors

St. Paul's Sanctuary Christmas, 2022 White Liturgical Color from Altar Guild Member Susan Cohen

+ WHITE +
signifying
Purity, Perfection, and Joy
during
Christmas Day and octave
(the feast plus 7 days),
Feast of Epiphany
and octave,
Purification
of the Virgin Mary,
Ordination and
Confirmaton,
Maundy Thursday
Eucharist,
Easter Even,
Easter Day and
until Whitsunday,
Ascension Day and octave,
Trinity Sunday,
All Saints Day and octave,
Holy Innocents Day,
other Saints Days,
festivals including
Baptism and Marriage,
and Funerals.

St. Paul's Sanctuary Christmas White Liturgical Color 2016	St. Paul's Sanctuary Easter White Liturgical Color 2020

St. Paul's Sanctuary Wedding White Liturgical Color honoring Altar Guild Member Mary Spangler	St. Paul's Sanctuary Christmas White Liturgical Color from Ana Ashton 2024

Blue Stained Glass from Pixabay

+ BLUE +
signifying
Truth and Eternity
during
Advent (rarely).

Brown Stained Glass from Pixabay

+ BROWN +
(unbleached linen)
signifying
Sacrifice
during
first four weeks of Lent
(sometimes).

St. Paul's Sanctuary Lenten Violet, 2024 Violet Liturgical Color from Altar Guild Member Claudia Stein

+ VIOLET +
signifying
Penitence and Mourning
during
Advent,
Septuagesima to Lent,
Ash Wednesday, Lent,
Palm Sunday,
Passion or Holy Week,
Holy Innocents Day,
Funerals, Rogation Days,
Ember Days, and Vigils.

Violet Stained Glass from Pixabay

St. Paul's Sanctuary Pentecost Red Red Liturgical Color from Altar Guild Member Claudia Stein

+ RED +
(Rose)
The color of the
Holy Spirit.
signifying
Blood, Fire, Martyrdom
and Love for God
during
Ordination and
Confirmation,
Palm Sunday,
Passion or Holy Week,
Whitsunday,
Pentecost and octave,
Feast of the Martyrs, and
Holy Innocents Sunday
(Third Sunday in Advent
and Mid-Lent Sunday).

Red Stained Glass from Pixabay

St. Paul's Sanctuary Ordinary Green Green Liturgical Color from Altar Guild Member Claudia Stein

+ GREEN +
signifying
Life, Hope, Regeneration,
Peace, and Immortality
during
Sundays after
Epiphany and Trinity.

Green Stained Glass from Pixabay

St. Paul's Stripping of the Altar March 28, 2024 Black Liturgical Color from Altar Guild Member Renee Simon

+ BLACK +
signifying
Death
during
Good Friday
with black wrappings
but bare altar,
and Funerals.

Black Stained Glass from Pixabay

In God's Presence by Rev. Phillips S. Gilman Morehouse-Gorham Co. 1953

The Illustrated Bible and Church Handbook edited by Stanley I. Stuber Associated Press 1966

An Altar Guild Manual by Edith Weir Perry Moorhouse Publishing 1989

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Seven Colors of Faith

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Watercolor by Patricia Grafton Thomas, 1993

Yellow represents the perfect
+ LIGHT +
of God.

White represents the
+ CLEANSING +
of Our Sins.

Blue represents the
+ BAPTISM +
indentifing us with Jesus.

Purple represents the
+ CROWN +
of Life promised
to those Loving God.

Red represents the
+ BLOOD +
Jesus shed for us.

Green represents the New
+ LIFE +
we have in Jesus.

Black represents Our
+ SINS +.

Purple Church from Pixabay

'Colors of Faith' Sayings Bracelets Greeting Card by Holystuff Designs by 'Jesus and G'

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PALL

(Chalice linen cover)
upon this the...

VEIL

(Chalice covering)
upon this the...

BURSE

(Thin case containing the corporal or linen square,
the second corporal or post Communion veil, if used,
and a purificator)

An Altar Guild Manual by Edith Weir Perry Moorhouse Publishing 1989 Altar Guild Manual page 29 The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist Hingham, Massachusetts 2023

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Seven Abominations Of The Lord

Tiffany Glass from Pixabay

Arrogant Haughty Eyes

Lying Tongues

Hands Shedding Innocent Blood

Hearts Devising Wicked Plans

Feet Hurrying to Run to Evil

Lying Witnesses Testifying Falsely

Sowers of Family Discord

Proverbs 6:16-19

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Seven Woes of the Unrighteous Pharisees

Fire from Pixabay

Denying Themselves Access to the Kingdom of Heaven,
As Well as to Others Seeking the Kingdom of Heaven.

Making Long Public Prayers,
While Cheating Vulnerable Widows.

Taking Great Effort to Make Converts,
Then Making Them Worse Than Themselves.

Saying an Oath on the Altar May Not Be Binding,
While an Oath on a Gift for the Altar Must Be Binding.

Tithing and Following the Details of the Law,
While Neglecting the Basis of the Law: Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness.

Outwardly Appearing Righteous,
While Inwardly Being Full of Greed and Self Indulgence.

Decorating the Graves of Godly People Killed by Their Ancestors,
While Falsely Saying They Would Not Have Killed Godly People Themselves.

Matthew 23:13-31

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	Seven Angels or Stars of the Seven Churches
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..... Pixabay Love-Lacking EPHESUS	................... ........ Pixabay Over-Tolerant PERGAMUM	Memorial Garden .......... Persecuted SMYRNA
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.................. Pixabay Compromising THYATIRA	Memorial Garden Faithful PHILADELPHIA	Pixabay ......... Sleeping SARDIS
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	Memorial Garden ... Complacent LAODICEA
	Revelation 1:9 - 3:22	........................................................
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Seven Branches of Learning

Seven Liberal Arts Diagram from Wikipedia

GRAMMAR

Per me quivis discit, vox, littera, syllaba quid sit.
Through me, all can learn the meaning of words, syllables, and letters.
Grammarica

RHETORIC

Causarum vires per me, alme rhetor, requires.
Thanks to me, proud speaker, your speeches will move.
Rethorica

DIALETIC
(LOGIC)

Argumenta sino concurrere more canino.
Like the barks of a dog my arguments follow each other with speed.
Dialetica

MUSIC

Musica sum late doctrix artis variate.
I am Music and I teach my art with the help of various instruments.
Musica

ARITHMETIC

Ex numeris consto, quorum discrimina monstro.
I have faith in numbers and I show how they are related to each other.
Arithmetica

GEOMETRY

Terrae mensuras per multas dirigo curas.
With precision I measure the earth.
Geometria

ASTRONOMY

Ex astris nomen traho, per quae discitur omen.
I owe my name to the celestial bodies and I predict the future.
Astronomia

Proverbs 9:1 "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars." (Artes Liberales) The Book of Answers by Barbara Berliner Simon & Schuster 1990 Philosophy and the Liberal Arts by Iain T. for the Liberal Arts Organization in Great Britain

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Seven Days of Creation

Big Bang from Pixabay

In the Beginning,
When God created Heavens and Earth,
Earth was a formless Void,
And Darkness covered all.
(Beginning Dark Void)

God said, Let there be Light of Day
Against Darkness of Night.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FIRST Day.
(Light created first.)

God said, Let there be a dome of Sky
Separating what is above, from Waters below.
There was evening and there was morning,
The SECOND Day.
(Sky and Waters created second.)

God said, Let Waters gather in Seas
Leaving dry land Earth.
And let Earth put forth Plants yielding seed.
There was evening and there was morning,
The THIRD Day.
(Dry Land and Plants created third.)

God said, Let there be Lights in the dome of Sky.
One greater Light to separate and rule Day,
Lesser Lights to rule Night.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FOURTH Day.
(Heavenly Bodies created fourth.)

God said, Let Waters bring forth
Swarms of Living Creatures who multiply.
Let Birds fly across the Sky, and multiply.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FIFTH Day.
(Water Creatures and Birds created fifth.)

God said, Let Earth bring forth its Living Creatures
And let us create Humankind in our Godly image
To have dominion over Living Creatures.
There was evening and there was morning,
The SIXTH Day.
(Land Creatures and Humans created sixth.)

Heavens and Earth were Finished.
God rested from the work of Creation.
God blessed that day of Rest,
The SEVENTH Day.
(Finally God Rested.)

Genesis from Pixabay

Genesis 1:all and 2:1-4

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Seven Colors of the Rainbow

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

Genesis 9:12-17 (God's Promise)

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Seven Great Descriptive Statements
of God's Son Jesus

Jesus from Pixabay

The Exact Representation of God's Being

The Reflection of God's Glory

Through Whom God Created the Worlds

He Sustains All Things

He Had Made Purification for Sins

He Sat Down at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High

Heir of All Things

Hebrews 1:2-3

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Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer

Lord's Prayer from Pixabay

Our Father,
who art in heaven
+ HALLOWED BE +
thy name;

Thy kingdom
+ COME +;

Thy will
+ BE DONE +
on earth
as it is in heaven.

+ GIVE US +
this day
our daily bread

And
+ FORGIVE US +
our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;

And
+ LEAD US +
not into temptation,

But
+ DELIVER US +
from evil.

Catechism of the Catholic Church - 2803-2854

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The Illustrated Bible and Church Handbook edited by Stanley I. Stuber Associated Press 1966

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Trinity Cathedral Altar Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church Diocese of Ohio

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