Pulpit
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A pulpit is an elevated stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin pulpitum. A traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visi
The pulpit of the Notre-Dame de Revel in Revel, Haute-Garonne, France
Pulpit at Blenduk Church in Semarang, Indonesia, with large sounding board and cloth antependium
"Two-decker" pulpit in an abandoned Welsh chapel, with reading desk below
1870 Gothic Revival oak pulpit, Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland
Epistle side
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In the liturgical traditions of Western Christianity, the Epistle side is the term used to designate the side of a church on which the Epistle is read during a church service. It is the right-hand sid
Pulpit
…opposite the main one for lay exhortations, testimonies and other speeches. Many churches have a second, smaller stand called the lectern located in the Epistle side, which can be used by lay persons, and is often used for other Scripture lessons and regular announcements. The traditional Catholic location of the…
The chancel of Saint Stephen's Lutheran Church in Allentown; on the side left to the altar is the pulpit from which the Gospel is read by the pastor. On the side right of the altar is the lectern from which the Epistle is read, normatively by a reader.
This Lutheran sanctuary delineates the standard practice of the pulpit being located in the Gospel side and the lectern being located in the Epistle side.
A Latin Catholic priest standing at the Epistle side during the offering of a Tridentine Mass
A Methodist church with a divided chancel containing the pulpit on the Gospel side and the lectern on the Epistle side.