Catholic Word of the Day: LATIN ARCHITECTURE, 06-10-10

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LATIN ARCHITECTURE

Early Christian architecture of Europe, peculiar to the Latin Church and developed among the Latin peoples of Italy. It first appeared under Emperor Constantine and was used until the eighth century. The churches so constructed had the T-shaped or basilican form and were characterized by architectural plainness. The best examples were the cathedrals of St. John Lateran, St. Peter, and St. Paul Outside the Walls, all destroyed, and only St. Paul's was rebuilt in its original form.

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I was aware of the 'T' shape with the transcepts, but was unaware of architectural plainness.

And I've never visited Rome to view the difference.

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Mass Salutation	Old Law	Nazarene
Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
Subdiaconate	Mala Fide	Spiritual Espousals
Baptistery	Didache (Teaching of the twelve Apostles)	Aglipayanism
Tabernacle	Council of Trullo	Mortuarium
Repairing Scandal	Auriesville	New Law
Perfectae Caritatis	Violence	Tertian
Rule	Corpus Christi	Czestochowa
Solicitude	Evil Desire	Hexameron
Quadragesimo Anno	Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem	Latin Architecture

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Earlier Catholic Words of the Day

Mass Salutation	Old Law	Nazarene
Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
Subdiaconate	Mala Fide	Spiritual Espousal
Baptistery	Didache (teachings of the 12 Apostles)	Aglipayanism
Tabernacle	Council of Trullo	Mortuarium
Repairing Scandal	Auriesville	New Law
Perfectae Caritatis	Violence	Tertian
Rule	Corpus Christi	Czestochowa
Solicitude	Evil Desire	Hexameron
Quadragesimo Anno	Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem	Latin Architecture

[Straight Vermonter]

The simple architectural style of St Paul's Outside the walls:

Compare to the plan for St Peter's:

Or the Cologne Cathedral: