BP6 | Sharing the Light.

Seeing the light through 
Salisbury Cathedral 

The cologne and salisbury cathedrals were built during the dark ages. The church was seen to be the light of the "modern" world at the time. The dark ages were also a really hard time for Christianity. The Catholic church did not feel the need with the Gospel, they felt that by living what they thought was a Christian life was what was going to get them into Heaven. They understood that good works is what salvation was all about. So instead of going out into the dark world and spreading the light of God they kept it all within their cathedrals, figuratively and literally. The vaulted ceilings within both cathedrals allow the light to penetrate heavily. The windows are also arranged into three different sections stacked on top of each other. The catholic church was focused on three things, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The architects of the church were most likely Catholic, so were their mind sets were already focused on the number 3. The stacks of the windows prove this.

Seeing the light through
Cologne Cathedral 

In catholicism, the priest are the only ones with a relationship with God. They stood at the alter where the majority of light penetrated the cathedral. This made the preist the focal poing at the church. Since catholics did not talk to God personally, they did not have God's light. The priest had it all, God's light and the sunlight. As heads of the church, they are supposed to share the light with the members. The priest got a little greedy with the light and did not let other have. The priest gave those of the church a skewed perception on the Christianity. Because they did not have God's light they were not able to have a relationship with him. They saw the Bible as a book of rules rather than tools that glorify God.