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A '''temple''' is a place of worship for the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

The tribes that formed the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] had many temples on their worlds. A logical presumption is that the remnants of humanity that comprise the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] had opened temples aboard their ships for worship after their homeworld temples are destroyed by the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Clergy|Clergy]] such as Brothers, Sisters, priests, and [[oracle]]s are presumed to be the central celebrants during formal services and hold counseling there. Colonials can also visit temple on their own for private worship.

Temples may be named after a specific Lord or Lords. A temple on New Caprica in which the [[New Caprica Police|police]] killed 23 people is formally known as the Temple of [[Artemis]] {{TRS|Collaborators}}.

== New Caprica ==

[[File:Resistance - Webisode 4.jpg|thumb|right|Nora and Cally Tyrol in a temple.]]
On [[New Caprica]], temples are created within tents. With the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Cylon occupation]] of the planet, the [[New Caprica Resistance|human resistance]] uses a temple to hide what weapons they can gather in boxes that form an altar of a temple, knowing that the Cylons have respected the Colonials' sacred places and have not searched for weapons in temples.

A temple's altar may be decorated with stones, candles, tiny idols representing a Lord of Kobol, an piece of animal fur, and a dish containing polished stones, perhaps offerings to the gods from the meager resources that New Caprica provides. Temples were likely decorated more elaborately on the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]. 

[[Nora Farmer]] repeatedly asks [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] to join her in temple in the hope for a child. Unfortunately, these hopes are dashed when the Cylons attack temple, killing Nora.

Sister [[Tivenan]] manages a temple on New Caprica, where she blesses the Tyrol's infant son [[Nicholas Tyrol]] at his [[dedication ceremony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]").

== Other temples ==

The descriptions of ancient [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] tell of a Temple, located in the [[City of the Gods]].

The [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] created an expansive temple on an [[algae planet|unnamed habitable planet]] known in the [[Sacred Scrolls]] as [[The Temple of Five]]. It is discovered mysteriously by [[Galen Tyrol]], the son of a [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Clergy|priest]] and an [[oracle]] {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}.

A temple is made on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' herself after the [[Fall of the Colonies]]. This temple is created by Brother [[Number Eight#Galactica Copy|John Cavil]] and is used as a meeting place for other Cylons in the Fleet, where many of the initial attempts at disrupting the Fleet are planned {{TRS|The Plan|Litmus|Six Degrees of Separation}}. Despite the Cylon connection, this temple is later re-appropriated by Colonial citizens and is used for [[Callandra Henderson Tyrol]]'s funeral service, as well as later desecrated by [[Gaius Baltar]] and his [[Cult of Baltar|religious group]]'s harem {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.

==Notes==

*On the real-world Earth, the word "temple" is derived from the Latin word ''templum'' (sacred place). The term is commonly used, formally and informally, by several religions as a name for their places of worship.
*In the United States, followers of [[Wikipedia:Judaism|Judaism]] speak of "going to temple" when attending services at their house of worship, the synogogue. Also, the faith of the [[Wikipedia:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] use "temple" as the name of their worship buildings, in contrast to the usage of the term "church" as the principal worship structure for other Christian faiths.

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