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Why do priests use altars?

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Catholic AnswerAn altar is like a table on which a sacrifice is offered to a god. That has been the definition since time out of mind. In the Old Testament, when they wanted to offer a sacrifice to God, the first thing that they did was built an altar. The Mass (or Eucharist) is the Sacrifice of the New Covenant. It is the sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord of Himself upon the Cross for our salvation. The sacrifice that a priest of the Catholic Church offers is the exact same sacrifice, it is not done again, but it is re - presented. Only once in all of history was this sacrifice offered in a bloody manner on a Cross. When it is re - presented, it is presented in an unbloody manner on an altar.
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