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If you travel to, well, a few big cities in the United States, you might see one.

If you go to Europe, they're all over the place.

They are often the most prominent buildings, and among the most ancient buildings in many European cities.

They're cathedrals.

They tower over cities.

They are prominent on the landscape, and they were built over, in some cases,

centuries by generations of Christians.

Why did they put so much effort and resources into building these towering monuments to Christ?

Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to make the case for the building of Christian cathedrals, Nathaniel Blake,

he's a senior contributor to the Federalist, a fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center,

is author of the book Victims of the Revolution,

How Sexual Liberation Harts Us All, and a recent column titled Why Christians Should Build Cthedrals.

Nathaniel, welcome back.

Thank you for having me on again.

Why did Christians build cathedrals in the past?

Well, I'm sure there were some element of mixed motives, but it was largely to glorify God,

to provide a place that not only served where people could come, worship, receive the sacraments,

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