Desecration
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Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful, contemptuous, or destructive treatment of that which is held to be sacred or holy by a group or individual.
"Execution" of the Sacred Heart by leftist militiamen at Cerro de los Ángeles near Madrid, on 7 August 1936, was the most famous of the widespread desecration of images and Churches. King Alfonso XIII had consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the spot on 30 May 1919. The photograph was taken by a Paramount newsreel representative and originally published in the London Daily Mail with a caption calling it part of the "Spanish Reds' war on religion."
Deconsecration
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Deconsecration, also referred to as decommissioning or secularization, is the removal of a religious sanction and blessing from something that had been previously consecrated for spiritual use. This c
Desecration
…particularly if those systems are part of naturalistic spiritual religion. To respectfully remove the sacred character of a place or an object is deconsecration, and is distinct from desecration. Some religious groups, such as the Catholic Church have specific rules as to what constitutes desecration and what…
Deconsecrated Church of Saint Philomena in Ugento, Italy, used as a city hall.
Bishop Craig Loya washing the bare altar during the deconsecration of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.