Building a Catholic Church An Introduction to Architecture

Building a Catholic Church: An Introduction to Architecture and the Worship of God Part 1

Beauty – According to the Catholic Tradition • Beauty includes a number of the transcendental attributes of God – unity, truth, goodness – simultaneously, and therefore there is completion and perfect harmony. It makes contemplation and ordinate pleasure possible. • It is not merely “in the eye of the beholder”. • Ex. Mountains, waterfalls, babies, etc. (Universal norms of beauty. )

Worshipping the God who is Truth, Beauty and Goodness Exodus 26 -30 - Detailed description of what the Tabernacle/ Tent/Temple must look like and its elements. Psalm 27: 4 “One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple. ” Isaiah 4: 2 “In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel. ” Isaiah 33: 17 “Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will behold a far-distant land. ”

Temple - A Place of Sacrifice

Synagogue - A Place of the Word

A Foretaste of Heaven – Our True and Lasting Home

A Catholic Church – Temple, Synagogue and Taste of Heaven • Liturgy of the Word (Synagogue/Heaven) • Liturgy of the Eucharist (Temple/Heaven)

Next Meeting… The Basic Parts of the Church