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Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc.It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by borrowing other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions.
Supreme authority of the Church. Roman Pontiff; College of Bishops; Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures. College of Cardinals; Conference of bishops; Synod of Bishops; Particular churches. Churches sui juris. Latin Church; Eastern Catholic Churches; Local particular churches; Appointment of bishops. Abbacy nullius; Apostolic vicariate. Apostolic ...
Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.
Pages in category "Catholic church buildings by type" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Secondarily in the Catholic church, and primarily in other Christian denominations, the altar is a table on which is laid the Blessed Sacrament of bread and wine for consecration by a priest prior to use in the rite of Communion. The main altar in a church is located in a designated space called the "chancel" or "sanctuary" ("holy place").
The overall plane of Vatican City is an irregular quadrilateral. The main building, St. Peter's Church and the square occupy most of the southern section of the eastern half of the Vatican City. [24] The Sistine Chapel in the northwest of St. Peter's Church is opposite to the Pope's glimpse hall in the west.
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEC; Latin: Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium, [1] abbreviated CCEO) is the title of the 1990 work which is a codification of the common portions of the canon law for the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in the Catholic Church. It is divided into 30 titles and has a total of 1546 canons. [2]
List of Roman Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Atlanta; List of Roman Catholic churches in the Diocese of Charleston; List of parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu; List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York; Catholic churches in Vermont; List of Catholic churches in Uruguay. List of cathedrals in Uruguay ...