Editing Temple in Jerusalem (section)

===Christianity===
{{See also|Jerusalem in Christianity}}
[[File:Prospect des Temples Salomonis, wie er von der Seiten des Berges Moriae, anzusehen gewesen - nach... R.P.Villalpandi - Joh. Bernh- Fischers v.Erlach, delin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=An imaginary view of the Temple, on a huge base in the foreground. 1721|An imaginary view of the Temple, on a huge base in the foreground, 1721]]
According to Matthew 24:2,<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|24:2}}</ref> Jesus predicts the destruction of the Second Temple. This idea, of the Temple as the [[body of Christ]], became a rich and multi-layered theme in medieval Christian thought (where Temple/body can be the heavenly body of Christ, the [[wikt:ecclesial|ecclesial]] body of the Church, and the Eucharistic body on the altar).<ref>See Jennifer A. Harris, "The Body as Temple in the High Middle Ages", in Albert I. Baumgarten ed., ''Sacrifice in Religious Experience'', Leiden, 2002, pp. 233–256.</ref>