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    According to Dr. William R. Cook, Professor of Religious History at SUNY Geneseo, these are the world's greatest churches.
    My favorite is Hagia Sophia.


    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    Hagia Sophia
    The Cave Churches of Cappadocia
    The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia
    The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
    The Stave Churches of Norway
    The Pilgrimage Church of Sainte-Foy
    The Cathedral of Monreale
    Chartres Cathedral
    Winchester Cathedral
    The Cathedral of Siena
    St. Peter’s Basilica
    The Wieskirche in Bavaria
    La Compañía and Las Lajas Sanctuary
    Guadalupe and the Cathedral of Mexico City
    La Sagrada Família
    Iceland’s Hallgrímskirkja

    Hagia Sophia

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    According to Dr. William R. Cook, Professor of Religious History at SUNY Geneseo, these are the world's greatest churches.
    My favorite is Hagia Sophia.


    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    Hagia Sophia
    The Cave Churches of Cappadocia
    The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia
    The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
    The Stave Churches of Norway
    The Pilgrimage Church of Sainte-Foy
    The Cathedral of Monreale
    Chartres Cathedral
    Winchester Cathedral
    The Cathedral of Siena
    St. Peter’s Basilica
    The Wieskirche in Bavaria
    La Compañía and Las Lajas Sanctuary
    Guadalupe and the Cathedral of Mexico City
    La Sagrada Família
    Iceland’s Hallgrímskirkja

    Hagia Sophia
    My favorites have been some unknown gems in relatively small towns and cities throughout Europe. I usually made a point to investigate interesting looking churches I saw when living in Germany and Italy .

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    I wonder what Jesus would say upon seeing these things?

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    Once the Bible was translated into English, and the common person could read what it said, ... they shit themselves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    According to Dr. William R. Cook, Professor of Religious History at SUNY Geneseo, these are the world's greatest churches.
    My favorite is Hagia Sophia.


    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    Hagia Sophia
    The Cave Churches of Cappadocia
    The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia
    The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
    The Stave Churches of Norway
    The Pilgrimage Church of Sainte-Foy
    The Cathedral of Monreale
    Chartres Cathedral
    Winchester Cathedral
    The Cathedral of Siena
    St. Peter’s Basilica
    The Wieskirche in Bavaria
    La Compañía and Las Lajas Sanctuary
    Guadalupe and the Cathedral of Mexico City
    La Sagrada Família
    Iceland’s Hallgrímskirkja

    Hagia Sophia
    That is beautiful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    I wonder what Jesus would say upon seeing these things?
    I wouldn't presume to speak for Jesus, but I was raised in the Eastern Orthodox tradition and therefore iconography, ornate religious art, and Byzantine architecture seems serene and appealing to me. But I can respect how iconography and ornate religious expression is supposedly offensive to most Protestant sensibilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I wouldn't presume to speak for Jesus, but I was raised in the Eastern Orthodox tradition and therefore iconography, ornate religious art, and Byzantine architecture seems serene and appealing to me. But I can respect how iconography and ornate religious expression is supposedly offensive to most Protestant sensibilities.
    I was just tossing that out there. In a religious context, this type of extravagance is obscene. From a architectural point of view, spectacular.

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    Using my old Catholic eye - we like exuberant architecture.
    I personally see nothing wrong with baroque religious art/icons, if that is what appeals to you

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    Using my old Catholic eye - we like exuberant architecture.
    I personally see nothing wrong with baroque religious art/icons, if that is what appeals to you
    Confirming the suspicion of many that 'Religion', is just a Money-Making Racket foisted upon the Poor and Ignorant.

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    Shouldn't Notre Dame be on that list?

    He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Shouldn't Notre Dame be on that list?

    That would be a solid pick, and France obviously has a veritable plethora of great cathedrals.
    But Professor Cook limited himself to 20 or so of the world's greatest, and apparently his pick for France focused in on the Chartres Cathedral.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    That would be a solid pick, and France obviously has a veritable plethora of great cathedrals.
    But Professor Cook limited himself to 20 or so of the world's greatest, and apparently his pick for France focused in on the Chartres Cathedral.

    Wow...... I have never see the Cathedral at Chartres.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Wow...... I have never see the Cathedral at Chartres.
    I feel like I need to check it out!

    No Professor of religious history would rank this as one of the world's greatest churches, but this is the one I attend when visiting Russia and I think it is pretty cool looking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Once the Bible was translated into English, and the common person could read what it said, ... they shit themselves.
    That's why the Catholic Church discouraged people from reading the Bible for so many centuries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    That's why the Catholic Church discouraged people from reading the Bible for so many centuries.
    LOL

    If it is in Latin, and people couldn't even read or write in their own language, the Church had the Rubes right where they wanted them.

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