Holy water font

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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Baptismal_font/eVx4Ce1H">Baptismal font</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Home_stoup/TcN89BSF">Home stoup</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Nipson_anom%25C4%2593mata_m%25C4%2593_monan_opsin/0UfVt3Ph">Nipson anomēmata mē monan opsin</a></i></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07433a.htm">"Holy Water Fonts" Catholic Encyclopedia article</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blessedtimothy.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-holy-water-in-daily-devotions.html">Using Holy Water in Daily Devotions by The Rev. Brandon L. Filbert (The Protestant Episcopal Church)</a></li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Bertacchini, E. (1 January 2014). A New Perspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures. Content Publishers. p. 183. ISBN 9781490272306. A holy water font is a vessel containing holy water generally placed near the entrance of a church. It is used in Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches, as well as some Anglican churches to make the sign of the cross using the holy water upon entrance and exit. <a href="9781490272306" target="_blank">9781490272306</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Gould, Meredith (1 September 2009). Why is There a Menorah on the Altar?: Jewish Roots of Christian Worship. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 71. ISBN 9781596272194. Many Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican/Episcopal churches customarily sprinkle the assembly with water each Sunday during Easter. In liturgical churches, funeral services are begun by sprinkling water over the coffin. Getting sprinkled with holy water during liturgy is supposed to remind you of baptism. <a href="9781596272194" target="_blank">9781596272194</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Myers, Bernard S. (1959). Encyclopedia of World Art. McGraw-Hill. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-07-019466-3. The holy-water font (stoup), a basin on a stand for the holy water, is set near the entrance of a church. The font derives from the cantharus (basin) that stood in the atrium of Early Christian basilicas and was used for the purification of the faithful. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) <a href="978-0-07-019466-3" target="_blank">978-0-07-019466-3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Ian Bradley (2 November 2012). Water: A Spiritual History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4411-6767-5. It was probably out of the Jewish rite that the practice developed among early Christians, especially in the east, of washing their hands and feet before going into church. Early Christian basilicas had a fountain for ablutions, known as cantharus or phiala, and usually placed in the centre of the atrium. They are still found in some Eastern Orthodox churches, notably at the monastery of Laura at Mount Athos, where the phiala is an imposing structure in front of the entrance covered by a dome resting on eight pillars. In several Orthodox churches today worshippers take off their shoes and wash their feet before entering the church just as Muslims do before going into a mosque. <a href="978-1-4411-6767-5" target="_blank">978-1-4411-6767-5</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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