Skyline of Providence, RI

A Southern Baptist Church

Tent with Crowd

A church or meeting house built in 1857

Church

Artifacts - Germany Gothic Monstrance at Klosterneuburg. 15th century. A monstrance is the vessel in which the eucharistic host is carried during the service in the Roman Catholic and some other churches. The Gothic style succeeded the Romanesque period.

Artifacts - Wood/Metal - France Ambo (a stand from which the Gospel is read during the service) in the Minster at Aix-la-Chapelle. Wood covered with sheet-copper. 11th century.

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "The Death of St. John, the Baptist" by Giotto (1276-1336) in the Peruzzi Chapel in the church of St. Croce at Florence. Generally recognized as the first of the great Italian masters and the father of Europe

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy St. John the Baptist. By Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) from the baptismal font in Santa Maria del Frari at Venice, 1554. The sculptor`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sonsovino in wh

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Early Christian Cross from the Catacombs of Santa Ponziano, c. 450AD Early Roman converts to Christianity faced brutal suppression and punishment in pagan Rome. They held services in the underground catacombs beneath the city.

A church service in the Olivet Baptist Church