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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Temple |
 | | The temples of the mysteries were used by the initiated for the celebration of the secret cults, and differed from others, so far as the scanty remains permit a judgment, both in extent and form. |
 | | The architecture of the temple was in harmony with the obscure, mysterious, and sensual religious conceptions of the Egyptians. |
 | | Although the temple contained several chambers within, yet this fact exercised no actual influence on its external construction, while in the Christian church, either of the Romanesque or of the Gothic style, the interior arrangement is easily recognized from the external construction. |
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