Church Architecture: Building the “Terrible Place – The Catholic Mass # 30

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we continue with the artistic trend and focus on the church itself by examining the architecture. Some argue that these are just buildings like any other – but we’ll see how the design of a church shapes the worship, the experience of the faithful, and even reflects theological principles. At the same time, it is a human achievement, reflecting the values of each age. So what’s the history of church buildings? Where did they start? Is one type better than the other? And are all modern churches, well, Modernist?

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0:00.0	Today in the Catholic Mass series, we continue our consideration of art by focusing on the church itself and examining church architecture.
0:14.7	Some argue that churches are just buildings like any other, but we'll see how the design of a church affects worship,
0:21.5	influences the experience of the faithful, and even reflects theological principles. At the same time,
0:26.7	sacred architecture is a human achievement, reflecting the spirituality of each age. So what's
0:32.4	the history of church buildings? Where did they start? Is one type better than the other? And are all modern churches,
0:39.5	well, modernist? On SSPXpodcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find all these episodes,
0:45.5	videos, and resources. This is free to listen to, but please do consider a one-time or a small
0:50.3	monthly recurring donation. This will make sure more people can find these episodes and discover
0:55.2	the beauty and the truth of traditional Catholicism. Now let's join Andrew Latham for episode 30,
1:00.9	church architecture, building the terrible place. Well, for this episode of the Catholic Mass series,
1:09.3	we have the joy of welcoming on the show, Mr. Andrew Latham.
1:13.9	I'm a special guest.
1:16.1	Andrew, it's a joy for me because obviously you've been grilling me with questions for years now.
1:22.2	And now I get the opportunity to return the favor.
1:25.5	Sweet revenge.
1:26.6	I'm terrified.
1:32.6	I just realized what this means. Well, we'll see what happens on this really fascinating topic of church architecture. We have a really ambitious program
1:39.3	today. Maybe we can just start off with you just explaining what the connection is between church
1:45.6	architecture and the mass. So we connect it with this series. Yeah, absolutely. I mean,
1:50.8	church architecture matters, well, for a few reasons. First, there's the practical considerations
1:56.4	of where are you going to have mass. Obviously, mass can be said anywhere, and we're going to see that throughout history.
2:02.8	But, you know, you go on a pilgrimage or you go on a journey with a priest, you know, up to the Cabrini shrine outside of Denver.
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