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Banners In Worship

Banners are found in sanctuaries of large cathedrals and small rural churches. This article offers some means for evaluating the purpose and qualities of banner art.

Improving Liturgical Banners

The Song of Solomon sings,"His banner over me is love," and other scriptural allusions remind us that flags, standards, and banners were an ancient art. (See for example Exod. 17:15, 16; Ps. 20:5; 60:4; Song of Sol. 2:4; 6:4, 6:10; Jer. 50:2. ) Indeed, Constantine's substitution of the cross for the Roman...

 

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