not how they made them but how they used them
2006-12-09 19:46:47 · 8 answers · asked by Queen of Boredom 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1. Candles & torches used as light source (no electric lights then)
2. Special ceremonial candles were used to indicate special seasons and mark time in churches (Easter, Advent, Jubilee). In Judaism, one of the oldest traditions is Hanukah, the festival of lights (7 candles) celebrating a great miracle.
3. Used outside church to ward off ill spirits and diseases
4. Later in science, to provide a measurement for light intensity (Foot-candle: the amount of light from one candle, one foot away.
2006-12-09 19:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Ed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same as they're used today. For light in the home and for liturgical prayer purposes in church.
2006-12-09 19:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh they...lit it on fire and let it burn? probably for churching purposes, and light, since they didn't have a stand lamp back then.
2006-12-09 19:48:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm.. i believe they would light them as they needed in order to meet their lighting needs...
2006-12-09 19:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by no one that matters 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for light silly. they lit them and burned them for light. sheesh.
2006-12-09 19:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for lighting
2006-12-09 19:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends what people like to use !
2006-12-09 19:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by rezamilanx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire on the wick just like they do today
2006-12-09 19:48:57 · answer #8 · answered by Magus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋