# Temple ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The house of worship built in Jerusalem by Solomon as God's dwelling-place, for the exercise of the priestly rites of sacrifice in the Jewish religion. After the capture of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by the Romans, the second temple was destroyed and never rebuilt. Jesus recognized the Temple as God's dwelling, and a house of prayer; he even identified himself with the Temple by presenting himself as God's definitive dwelling-place. The Holy Spirit makes the Church "the temple of the living God" ([[1.2.2.4.p1n#^ccc-583|583]], [[1.2.3.9.p28#^ccc-797|797]]; cf. [[4.1.1.1.p91#^ccc-2580|2580]]).