(My picture)
The Church of Our Lady, right on Mary's Square, in Munich (thanks, dad!)
(Dad's picture)The cathedral in Los Angeles.
Seriously. Be for real. Is there anyone out there who honestly thinks the L.A. cathedral looks nicer, or even as nice, as the cathedral in Savannah or this place in Germany? Does anyone think the L.A. cube looks nice at all? Seriously?
Why did we change from one mode of church building to the other, just aesthetically? Without even getting into the theological and liturgical issues, which are plentiful, why stop making beautiful things and start making... well, not as beautiful things?
Just a thought.
3 comments:
when I went to Venezuela, we went to this massive cathedral and it was beautiful, but all I could think was, "why are there tens of thousands of people eating off the dump with no birth certificate (or recognition as even being human) while your buildings are lined with gold and marble?"
Just a thought. But it is so beautiful... and the cube is... so ugly.
Quick comment on the wanderer's comment. I have never been to Venezuela (and, under the current regime, I don't care to), but I would venture to guess the cathedral went up long before there were tens of thousands eating off the dump. And I don't know how not having gold and marble in the cathedral would solve the lack of birth certificates.
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