The Splendor and Controversy of Sacred Art – The Catholic Mass # 29

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we explore the importance, the history, and the controversies surrounding sacred art. What is the purpose of religious art? Through the centuries, have artists been successful in meeting this purpose? Why are religious icons in the East so vastly different from Western religious images? Is one better than the other? Further, we examine what art should and shouldn’t be in churches. Can art be too distracting? Should we instead focus on the Mass, not the decoration? And finally we discuss the future of good Catholic Art and how to achieve it.

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0:00.0	Just a quick heads up before we dive into the Catholic Mass series, this is for our podcast listeners.
0:04.8	If you're just listening to this on audio, this episode still works, although we are going to be doing a lot of the slides, a lot of the images on our YouTube video.
0:13.4	So you may have more context as to what we're talking about if you watch this on YouTube, this episode, and next episode.
0:20.3	As usual, there's a link down in the show notes.
0:29.5	Today in the Catholic Mass series, we explore the importance, the history, and the controversy surrounding sacred art.
0:36.8	What is the purpose of religious art?
0:39.0	Through the centuries, have artists been successful in meeting this purpose?
0:42.7	Why are religious icons in the East so vastly different from Western religious images?
0:47.7	Is one better than the other?
0:49.7	Further, we examine what art should and shouldn't be in churches.
0:53.6	Can art be too distracting? Should we instead
0:56.1	focus on the Mass, not the decoration? And finally, we discuss the future of good Catholic art
1:01.6	and how to achieve it. On SSPXpodcast.com slash Mass, you'll be able to find all these episodes,
1:07.8	videos, and resources. This is free to listen to, but please do consider
1:11.3	a one-time or a small monthly recurring donation, and please consider leaving a rating and a
1:16.0	review on the podcast. This will make sure more people can find these episodes and discover the
1:20.9	beauty and the truth of traditional Catholicism. Now let's join Andrew Latham for episode 29,
1:26.5	The Splendor and Contor and controversy of Sacred Heart.
1:30.4	Well, it is my great joy for this episode 29 of the Catholic Mass series to welcome on our series, Mr. Anu Latham, to be on the interviewing side of the studio.
1:43.8	And so put Andrew in the hot seats um uh Andrew welcome welcome to
1:49.2	the show that you host hello father thanks thanks for having me on yeah it is it's a weird flip
1:55.5	flop but um we'll see how it goes today i'm'm not sure yet. Yeah. Yeah.
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