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To: AnAmericanMother

All things considered, your sanctuary and crucifix are rather nice. I think there is some historical precedent for a crucifix like yours.


19 posted on 07/18/2009 6:18:53 AM PDT by GeorgiaGuy
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To: GeorgiaGuy
Oh, I'm just expressing a personal preference, not complaining.

Overall it is a lovely church, very traditional.

When we were renegade Episcopalians on the run, the rector welcomed us very kindly and took time out of his extremely busy day to talk to us about converting. One of the things he told us during our wide-ranging conversation was how the church was designed. He interviewed five architects and asked them specifically to design a traditional building with specifically Catholic symbolism and design. Four Catholic architects and one Presbyterian.

The only one to do as he asked was . . . the Presbyterian! He really got into it and had a theological rationale for just about every aspect of the design. The others designed the usual goofy modernist church-in-the-round. So the Presby got the bid. It's an H.H. Richardson Romanesque Revival design, and really the whole thing is integrated quite well. Nobody can afford nowadays to build the way our old historic churches were built, but considering the cost it's I think as good a design as we could have obtained without unlimited funds!

22 posted on 07/18/2009 9:32:14 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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