The time up to the Reformation in Denmark was a troubled time. In the late 1520s feared King Freder

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The time up to the Reformation in Denmark was a troubled time. In the late 1520s feared King Frederik 1. rightly for its competitor to the throne, the exiled Christian 2. There was need for rearmament, and when the kingdom was lacking money, they had to resort to recycling.
Frederik. 1. printed Therefore, in 1528 a bell-tax: all churches with more than one bell was to deliver these to the king. Total total to 375 tons bell ore together and melted into guns. It also went beyond Ormslev church. The church had three bells. One was good enough little pieces; but along with some bits bell from Kolt spoke it anyway dog bell for an entire bell.
But fortunately hangs therefore still a bell in Ormslev Church 500 year old tower. We know from the inscription on the side of it that it was recast in 1822 on Ormslev parish residents' expense. It is thus considerably older.
The time can call in three ways. The normal ringing at regular layer obtained by that the bell is swung from side to side - almost all the way up to the horizontal (!), Wherein the bell inner sides of the frames with great force against dog bell a metal gag. Two hammers on either dog bell side of the bell can also make it respectively to chime with many fast small stroke (used for weddings and special holy days) and call each request blow (3 times 3).
When the bell rings, it is first and foremost to call for worship. All around dog bell the Ormslev dog bell church bell is also a series of images, respectively. Christ's crucifixion, the empty tomb, Christ's resurrection and ascension. It is precisely the bell grandest function to get us to come together on the resurrection glad tidings: the strongest in the world is not sin and death, but God's life and forgiveness.
When the bell rings sun up and sun down, it is actually also to pick us about God. That's a old custom, dating from the Middle Ages, where at fixed times of the day praying to God. It happened so that people were far out on the field in the process of their work, yes, they could thus easily hear when the bell rang, and they knew that it was time to let the plow stand, folding his hands and let our Men get a place in the heart. dog bell Should you therefore send God a thought one morning or evening, when the parish church bell rings, you stand in a centuries-old tradition. This entry was posted in priest columnist January 18, 2013 by Erik Kelstrup. Post Navigation Fly and traces of tuberculosis threats Ormslevs altar silver Love church dog bell towers
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