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Architectural Theology. Vision Series Part 1


August 10th, 2009 by David Bernheisel

Orthodox Jesus w/ MonsterVision time. When you walk into a church building, do you catch how the atmosphere captures their theology? For instance, the Greek Orthodox church has incredible icons and they emphasize the grandness and majesty of God- through their expensively gold embroidered frames and icons plastered all over the place, with elaborate hand painted murals in the traditional orthodox way (halos around the saints, a slight creepiness about Jesus’ posture, and a little monster dude in the river shrugging “why are you standing like that? that’s wierd.”). The way they design their building indicates what they believe and how they theologize it. Kinda like a motorcyclist- the louder and more obnoxious the “muffler,” the more rebellious and BA the person is. The more gold and grandness- the more they honor and show the glory of God through their architecture.

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