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The Shrine of the Irish Oak, is a small Celto-Roman Polytheist temple based on the Celto-Roman Polytheist culture and religion, worshiping both native Celtic Gods as well as Gods the Romans brought with them, not so much as a reconstructionists, but as what might have been if the Celto-Roman culture would have thrived and continued into the modern day. Thus the tradition is more open and free flowing than some other Pagan religions, Members may call themselves "Celto-Romans" ==History== The temple started in 2001 as a small weekly gathering of friends that focused on worship of various Deities from the Celto-Roman time frame, inspired by the Wiccan group The temple of Brigantia (http://www.janeraeburn.com/brigantia/) Mainly the healing Goddesses Sulis Minerva and Brigantia. The sometimes confusing name comes from the fact that the raised area on the main altar (the actual shrine part) for the statues to set on, is made of 2 boards of antique Irish Oak, that was sanded, and attached to the altar and covered with fabric hence where the "Irish Oak" name came from. The weekly meetings blossomed into a more formal group and in April 2004 the group founder Fr. Nathaniel Hunt incorporated it in Arkansas as a religious non profit church.〔http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_corps.php?DETAIL=245505&corp_type_id=&corp_name=Shrine+of+the+Irish+Oak+&agent_search=&agent_city=&agent_state=&filing_number=&cmd=〕 In October 2013 the Temple chartered as official congregation of the Universal Life Church, and remains in good standing with the mother church.〔http://www.ulc.net/index.php?page=cong_data&id=251〕 The temple does send all its ordinations to ULC H.Q The temple has stayed small and other than weekly worship it supports and asks its members to be active local community service and charitable works. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shrine of the Irish Oak Inc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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