Church bell
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"One sound rose ceaselessly above the noises of busy life and lifted all things unto a sphere of order and serenity: the sound of bells."--The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1919) by Johan Huizinga |
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A church bell in the Christian tradition is a bell which is rung in a church for a variety of ceremonial purposes, and can be heard outside the building. Traditionally they are used to call worshippers to the church for a communal service, and to announce times of daily prayer, called the canonical hours. They are also rung on special occasions such as a wedding, or a funeral service. In some religious traditions they are used within the liturgy of the church service to signify to people that a particular part of the service has been reached.
See also
- Handbells
- Bells
- Bellfounding
- Campanology
- Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
- Change ringing
- Veronese bellringing art
- Loudspeakers in mosques
- Russian Orthodox bell ringing
- Bolognese bell ringing art
- Ring of bells