“There is nothing in a church which is simply decoration.”

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Part 1:knowledge and understanding

“There is nothing in a church which is simply decoration.”

In a church there are many different as some people call them decoration but what people do not understand is that all of these have a meaning or they would not be on show in the church.

There are a lot of different Items in a church which people don’t notice for instance the floor this has a meaning walls and even the seating and shaping of the church or cathedral even have a meaning throughout this essay I will show you.

Firstly, I will describe the items and what the meaning is behind them on the sanctuary; the Cathedra this is where the bishop sits it is usually a wooden chair near or on the sanctuary it is highly decorated with engravings. You will not find anybody else siting in this seat apart from the bishop at mass. This seat is meant to represent that the bishop is the leader of the congregation and stands out from the rest of the congregation Peter passed on this authority, which was passed to him from St peter. Next is the Alter this is usually one of the focal points of the whole church it can be wooden or stone this also has engravings in it one little cross at each corner and one in the middle. It is used for the priest or bishop to place his holy book the items needed. This is to symbolise the nail and the spear in which Jesus was stabbed with. It also can have relics, which usually saints bring to the church and they are sealed, into the altar like a sacrifice. What the altar symbolises is a form of sacrifice where the priest gives up the bread and this is turned in to the body of Jesus this also show that God nourishes his church with the Eucharist. This is where Catholic faith splits as Protestants reject the idea of this being a sacrifice this is called the transubstantiation.

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“This is my body which will be given up to the ever lasting covenant” “do this in memory of me,”

(Mat. 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; 1 Cor. 11.)

All this was done at the Last Supper on a table this is where Christian get the use from. After this Jesus died to clear all our sins and this is what we believe we are doing when we take communion

The processional cross is a big crucifix highly decorated and beautiful this is carried around in front of the bishop or priests he walks in to the ...

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