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	Flaming chalice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A flaming chalice is the most widely used symbol of Unitarianism and Unitarian Universalism and the official logo of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and other Unitarian and UU churches and societies.
		In one interpretation, the chalice is a symbol of religion freed from the impositions of doctrine by a hierarchy and open to participation by all; the flame is interpreted as a memorial to those throughout history who sacrificed their lives for the cause of religious liberty.
		In another interpretation, the flaming chalice resembles a cross, symbolic of the Christian roots of Unitarian Universalism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flaming_chalice (719 words)

	Chalice (cup) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chalices are often made of precious metal, and they are sometimes richly jewelled.
		The symbol of Unitarian Universalism is a flaming chalice.
		The term "poisoned chalice" is applied to a thing or situation which appears to be good when it is received or experienced by someone, but then becomes or is found to be bad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chalice_(cup) (173 words)

	UUCIA Chalice Story
		It is appropriate therefore that the flaming chalice symbol should have both ancient and modern roots, in both instances grounded in the principles of sacrifice and service to humanity.
		The symbol of the chalice flame may be further understood as a metaphor for the lives of human beings, both as individuals and in community.
		A flame, by contrast, is not an object.
	www.uuandover.org /chalice.htm (873 words)

	Flaming Chalice
		The flaming chalice combines two archetypes - a drinking vessel and a flame - and as a religious symbol has different meanings to different beholders.
		The chalice and the flame were brought together as a Unitarian symbol by an Austrian artist, Hans Deutsch, in 1941.
		The flaming chalice design was made into a seal for papers and a badge for agents moving refugees to freedom.
	www.uuus.org /flaming_chalice.htm (886 words)

	HUUC Sermon - The Flaming Chalice
		True to his principles to the end, he is said to have held a chalice in his hands as the fire of the stake engulfed him.
		The design of a stylized chalice, with the flame of freedom burning inside, was adopted by the Unitarian Service Committee, and was used in aiding the escape of countless refugees from Nazi oppression.
		Safehouses were marked by chalices scratched in the dirt; clandestine notes using the symbol were understood to be trustworthy.
	www.huuc.net /sermons/Chalice.html (2526 words)

	The History of the Flaming Chalice
		Adapted from the pamphlet "The Flaming Chalice" by Daniel D. Hotchkiss.
		Today, the flaming chalice is the official symbol of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association.
		Purchase paper copies of the "The Flaming Chalice" pamphlet from the UUA Bookstore for distribution or display.
	www.uua.org /chalice.html (800 words)

	uuworld.org : wartime origins of the flaming chalice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A visitor, watching the reverent lighting of the flaming chalice in a UU congregation, might be forgiven for imagining that this symbol had originated in antiquity.
		Flame is among the oldest of religious symbols, and the chalice has been associated with communion since the early centuries of Christianity.
		In ancient and medieval art this chalice is frequently found, and the design itself, modernized and stylized, though it is, reminds one of the signs seen on the old monastic manuscripts.
	uuworld.org /ideas/articles/wartimeoriginsoftheflamingchalice2442.shtml (596 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		The flame and the chalice were brought together as a Unitarian symbol in 1941 by an Austrian artist, Hans Deutsch, for the Unitarian Service Committee, which then was helping Jews escape Nazi persecution.
		The flaming chalice symbol is often set within two interlocking circles, which represent the two faiths which merged in 1961 -- Unitarian and Universalist.
		In our symbol the flaming chalice is enclosed in a circle, but the flame breaks the circle, in honor of our conviction that revelation is not a closed circle, but is continuous and open, and also to indicate that our community's doors are open to all.
	www.kuuf.org /faq.htm (1090 words)

	About Our Chalice
		The symbol of the chalice has its origin in Jan Hus, Czech priest and forerunner of the Reformation, who was burned alive at the stake in 1415 for suggesting that lay people should be able to partake of the communion cup in an era when that was only available to the priesthood.
		After Hus' martyrdom, the chalice with a flame became a symbol of religious freedom throughout Europe.
		Long after the war, some Unitarian Universalist churches began the practice of lighting a chalice during worship and eventually the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations commissioned a rendering of a chalice as the official organizational logo of the association.
	www.westsideuu.org /chalice.htm (295 words)

	The Symbol Story
		The burning flame in the chalice is symbolic of helpfulness and sacrifice.
		The chalice with the flame remotely suggests a cross, which shows the background of our heritage [editor's note: Don King was a humanist].
		Although not called a "chalice", Patton's lamp is clearly an antecedent to the lighting of the chalice in today's UU churches.
	journals.aol.com /danlharp/blog/entries/2005/04/18/the-symbol-story/982 (882 words)

	The Flaming Chalice of Unitarian Universalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Some form of a flame in a chalice cup is lit at the begining of all Unitarian Universalist worship services.
		When the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America merged in 1961, the flaming chalice design was adopted as the symbol of the newly formed Unitarian Universalist Association.
		The flaming chalice logo shown above is used by the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills.
	home.earthlink.net /~uucvh/chalice.html (217 words)

	The Flaming Chalice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Flaming Chalice in a circle, as much as any other, is the symbol of Unitarian Universalism.
		The flaming chalice is a flame burning the holy oil of helpfulness and sacrifice - spreading warmth and light and hope.
		The Flaming Chalice was created as a response to this request and it was given to the Committee by the artist in appreciation of its humanitarian work.
	www.rochesterunitarian.org /Chalice.html (259 words)

	Chalice
		The History of the Flaming Chalice The History of the Flaming Chalice.
		chalice: a cup on a stem, used to contain the Eucharist wine;the same shape was also used in a secular context.
		Chalice Gold Mine Virtual geology field trip displays the rocks and minerals of a mine in Western Australia.
	www.neddeh.com /music/Chalice.html (447 words)

	Light One Candle Ceremonial Lighting
		Flames are used in many religious traditions, as symbols, as lighting, and as a focus for meditation.
		The larger, chalice-shaped vessels are inspired by the Unitarian "flaming chalice" but could be used in other contexts as well.
		The large flaming chalices are made in two pieces, with a small oil lamp that can be used to produce the flame or removed to accomodate a pillar or other candle.
	www.lightonecandle.com /lighting.html (244 words)

	Donald O' Bloggin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Flaming Chalice represents our history, taking its roots when Unitarianism in the United States was still a liberal Christian denomination, and represents our present as people add symbolism from their own theologies into our beloved community.
		The Chalice is the community we work in, whether it be on the streets of Detroit, the Boundless fields of Ohio, in our sanctuaries on Sunday morning, meeting rooms late into the night, and with those Gathered Here, in This Space, at This Time.
		But as often as we speak of the chalice and the flame, we often overlooked the fuel.
	www.donaldwilson.info /uu/the_flaming_chalice_and_our_good_work.html (390 words)

	No Sweet Little Ritual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I have kept the same chalice response, partly to honor Adele, whom we love, partly to keep the same words for our children, some of whom are too young to read and have memorized the words.
		The flame of this chalice can reach over into your heart and give it light, give it heat, help it to burn again, that you might share your flame this week with those who need it.
		The rekindled chalice is “no sweet little ritual.” So Mark tells the story of Priscilla and how she met him in the hallway that Sunday morning and told him the story of her parents, Jews who were shot by the Nazis before her eyes.
	www.firstparish.org /sermons/1999-10-17.html (1682 words)

	Dick Shelton's Flaming Labyrinth variation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But the chalice suggested another approach for me since one of the prominent symbols in the tradition of Unitarian Universalists is a flaming chalice (of the kind used by the Romans: a vessel of oil lit as a lamp).
		The illuminating flame is a powerful symbol for me -- and this, I thought, if I were a walker, is what I would seek at the center of the labyrinth.
		I was struck by how well it worked: the pathways became air currents that seemed almost to shimmer with the heat of the flame -- and the whole thing reminded me powerfully of a halo, or of the sun on a frosty day surrounded by sun dogs and ice halos.
	home.speedfactory.net /bsp2323/FlamingLabyrinth.htm (470 words)

	ICUU - Chalice Lightings
		By lighting the chalice may we bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth.
		The flame of the chalice burns upwards; similarly, we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals.
		May this flame burn and remind us that each of us can offer goodness and love, and that each of us can be a blessing to the world.
	www.icuu.net /resources/chalice_2004.html (794 words)

	The Flaming Chalice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At the opening worship at the Pullman Memorial Universalist Church we light a flaming chalice.
		The symbol of the chalice is an ancient one.
		The chalice is steadfast and unchanging; the flame illuminates our way, but is constantly adopting new shapes and hues.
	www.pmuc.org /chalice.htm (182 words)

	New Member Sunday
		We call it the flaming chalice and today a flaming chalice surrounded by a double circle is a symbol of Unitarian Universalism.
		The flaming chalice, as we call it, derives in part from the symbolism of the communion chalice, a cup which itself derives from the Greek vessel called a krater from which everyone drank at the symposia, and from the fire which burned Hus for his unyielding moral conscience.
		The symbol also appeared during the Czech rebellion in 1968 when flaming chalices were painted upon Russian tanks as a symbol of national and spiritual freedom.
	www.uucckingston.org /Sermons/glue.html (1636 words)

	Stained Glass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		And he directed that to symbolize the equality of congregation and priest, the chalice should be passed among the congregation.
		Today the flaming chalice represents not only the accessibility of our faith to the many, but it also represents courage, sacrifice, and reason.
		The meaning of the chalice is echoed in our Principles that affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
	www.uufcc.org /stainedglass.htm (709 words)

	Chalice Lighting Instructions at FRS UU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The chalice is lit at the beginning of the worship service, just after the choral call to worship and the minister's opening words.
		On the table will be a thin taper candle, the silver chalice with crystal lamp, and the tall alter candles which are already lit.
		As the chalice is lit, the minister will lead the congregation in a reading of the words printed in the order of service, and chalice lighters may proceed back to their seats.
	www.frsuu.org /chalice_inst.htm (265 words)

	Wounded Wolf
		He directed the chalice to be passed among the people to demonstrate the equality of worshiper and priest.
		The flaming chalice was made into a seal for papers and a badge for agents moving refugees to freedom.
		Ultimately, the meaning of the flaming chalice is in the eye of the beholder.
	www.liveoakuu.org /sermons/wolf.html (1176 words)

	Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga: Contact Us
		The chalice is inspired by Jan Hus (b.1370), Bohemian Catholic priest and Dean and Rector of the Charles University in Prague.
		The chalice and the flame were brought together as a Unitarian symbol by Austrian artist Hans Deutsch in 1941.
		The flaming chalice also evokes a cross which symbolizes our Christian history, and is off-center, symbolizing our progressive (non-static) movement towards truth.
	www.uuc.org /uuprinciples.html (575 words)

	The History of the Flaming Chalice (Can you use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		, a chalice with a flame, the kind of chalice which the Greeks and Romans put on their altars.
		What he had seen was faith in action---people who were willing to risk all for others in a time of urgent need.
		The chalice used in the BUUF services was created by BUUF members and accomplished potters Christine Currie and Ian Currie.
	www.anzua.org /brisbane/Chalice_History.htm (719 words)

	Philocrites: The golden chalice.
		Full disclosure: I don't personally find much meaning in the "flaming chalice." It strikes me as a symbol in a vacuum, attracting disproportionate attention because we were rather too effective at jettisoning symbolism before we realized, "Hey, we need some of that!" I attend two churches (one in the city, one in the suburbs).
		Perhaps part of the acceptance of the chalice as a symbol is that it is a hidden symbol of Christianity and has some connection to a Christian rebel who has some resonance with us.
		I like the flaming chalice as a symbol (particularly the "official" vesion on stationery, with the shallow bowl, stylized cross and circular enclosure that suggests Universalist origins).
	www.philocrites.com /archives/000481.html (756 words)

	Philocrites: Fire marshals vs. the flaming chalice.
		Each Sunday a child walks to the front of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Blacksburg to light the church's chalice, the official symbol of the denomination.
		But that practice may be illegal under a new set of fire codes adopted by Virginia in October.
		It bans open flames, such as candles and oil lamps, at public meetings or gatherings, including religious ceremonies.
	www.philocrites.com /archives/000538.html (245 words)

	question
		The flaming chalice design was made into a seal for papers and a badge for agents.
		This story reminds us that the symbol of a flaming chalice stood in the beginning for a life of service.Though Deutsch had never seen a Unitarian or Universalist church or heard a sermon, he had seen faith in action.--people who willingly risked all for others.
		The flaming chalice stands open to receive new truths that pass the tests of reason, justice and compassion.
	home.att.net /~uucsh/question.htm (609 words)

	CUUPS RE - A Brief Intro to UU Paganism
		The symbol of the flaming chalice was created during WW II as a distinctive symbol for the Unitarian Service Committee in Europe, which was working to help Jews, gypsies, Unitarians and others escape Nazi persecution.
		Just like the chalice was a new symbol for Unitarianism in WW II, there are some new symbols and elements of religious language entering Unitarian Universalism today.
		The flaming chalice is said, like our faith, to stand open to receive new meanings that pass the tests of reason, justice, and compassion.
	www.cuups.org /content/resources/re/brief1.html (3319 words)

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