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seldearNaturally, on a day when I needed it to be sunny and dry, it rained.
It rained and rained and rained and rained and...
I ended up just wandering rather aimlessly around York, although I did attend the Minster Eurcharist
The Eucharist is what I know as communion. I'd say (for the interest of B2) that it was high Anglican. No incense, only two candles, the participants were robed, but one of the robes made a squishy face at a little girl during the recessional, so it wasn't all srs bznz.
The Minster itself is very gothic, but without quite so many statues (thank heavens, because they really do tend to creep me out) and it was warmer than outside (there was a wind blowing outside) although I didn't get to see the full glory of the stained glass windows due to the grey outside - and the fact that they're doing repairs to the East face of the Minster.
Sermon was biblical as far as I could tell, although there were a few points that I'm sure B1 and B2 would have deplored. There seemed an over-emphasis on 'being saved through taking communion' without the focus on the state of the heart taking the communion - but that might just be my bias, c/o a childhood listening to Pastor Chris Chua reminding us that "however, he who easts of the bread and drinks of the cup in an unworthy manner is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord" - that the communion is an outward sign that may or may not reflect the inward state.
Anyway, a different tradition, and good to sit in a church. I heard the first part of the Matins which is essentially a song-based service at 11:30. I was thinking about attending Evensong at 4pm, but ended up attending the York NaNo Write-In. And getting very little writing done. I made up for it when I got back to the hostel, though.
I don't know that I'll make NaNo this year - I'm not sure I have it in me to finish. I'd like to - maybe while I'm at P&C in London. It'll be slim margins, though.
Tomorrow, I'll take a tour of the Minster, Jorvik (Viking centre), meet![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bellalarina and hopefully have time to check out the castle museum. It would be nice if it stopped raining.
More Europe photos coming tomorrow.
It rained and rained and rained and rained and...
I ended up just wandering rather aimlessly around York, although I did attend the Minster Eurcharist
The Eucharist is what I know as communion. I'd say (for the interest of B2) that it was high Anglican. No incense, only two candles, the participants were robed, but one of the robes made a squishy face at a little girl during the recessional, so it wasn't all srs bznz.
The Minster itself is very gothic, but without quite so many statues (thank heavens, because they really do tend to creep me out) and it was warmer than outside (there was a wind blowing outside) although I didn't get to see the full glory of the stained glass windows due to the grey outside - and the fact that they're doing repairs to the East face of the Minster.
Sermon was biblical as far as I could tell, although there were a few points that I'm sure B1 and B2 would have deplored. There seemed an over-emphasis on 'being saved through taking communion' without the focus on the state of the heart taking the communion - but that might just be my bias, c/o a childhood listening to Pastor Chris Chua reminding us that "however, he who easts of the bread and drinks of the cup in an unworthy manner is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord" - that the communion is an outward sign that may or may not reflect the inward state.
Anyway, a different tradition, and good to sit in a church. I heard the first part of the Matins which is essentially a song-based service at 11:30. I was thinking about attending Evensong at 4pm, but ended up attending the York NaNo Write-In. And getting very little writing done. I made up for it when I got back to the hostel, though.
I don't know that I'll make NaNo this year - I'm not sure I have it in me to finish. I'd like to - maybe while I'm at P&C in London. It'll be slim margins, though.
Tomorrow, I'll take a tour of the Minster, Jorvik (Viking centre), meet
bellalarina and hopefully have time to check out the castle museum. It would be nice if it stopped raining.More Europe photos coming tomorrow.
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Date: 2007-11-23 12:37 am (UTC)Have you ever seen the reredos in St. Andrew's Cathedral Sydney?
Big 5 panel carving of people in various scenes from Scripture (centred around Jesus). I remember my first visit there (prior to becoming Sunday School teacher there), and being shocked at the fact that Moses, Jesus, the disciples, etc. were all etched (and rather smoothly) in stone in this 5 panel carving (1st section was Moses holding the 10C, 5th was Jesus as the Ancient of Days in the clouds).
I thought this was rank idolatry until a much older friend of mine (and former Scripture teacher) Mrs Meek patiently explained that, in the days where reredos were included as part of Anglican church furnishings, people were so illiterate that they needed visual representations everywhere to help teach and remind them about crucial bits of the Bible. Stained glass windows were used for the same purpose.
For the average illiterate believer back in the golden era of Anglican church design and furnishment, to walk into your church building and be instantly reminded of basic tenets through looking at the windows and the carvings was considered useful.
Of course, I'm not endorsing it - I'd be the last to do so! However, I understand that in the times where these things were created and placed in churches it was thought they assisted the congregation to focus on what was important...
For people attending Anglican churches, anyway. Back then.
B2.