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  Worshipers of the dedication ceremony       [Nehemiah 12:27-30, 43]     Do you know the origins of the dedication ceremony and the consecration ceremony?   The early church didn't have church buildings because whether it was a tent, a palace, or wherever the Lord Jesus was present, it was heaven.   The early church congregated freely in homes, in fields, and on mountains.   The word "church" comes from 'Ekklesia,' meaning "called-out assembly."   The building is never a temple or a cathedral; it is the assembly of redeemed Christians that becomes the temple.   After the church began to deviate in the 2nd century, church buildings started to emerge.   When Constantine appeared, church buildings became more elaborate, and during the Roman Catholic heyday, so-called cathedrals began to appear.   Corruption accelerated even further, culminating in the Dark Ages with the sale of indulgences for St. Peter's Basili...