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The liturgy celebrated by God’s holy people with their bishopBishop in the cathedralCathedral church is the pre-eminent manifestationPre-eminent manifestation of the Church (SC 41). Because the Church is a dynamic rather than static reality, made manifest in time, place, and culture, yet transcending each of these, the cathedralCathedral church tends to be for all its permanence, a response to contemporary circumstances. Cathedral architectureArchitecture needs to be configured to contemporary ecclesiologyEcclesiology, the spatial demands of today’s liturgical rites, the presence and place of the Church in contemporary society and to the needs of God’s holy people and of the world. This essay surveys Catholic cathedrals built since Vatican IIVatican II, identifying three types of design and their standpoints on liturgy and liturgical architectureArchitecture, ordered according to the Christological principleChristological principle. It considers the cathedralCathedral, its future and function in its diocesan setting: ordered for the celebration of the liturgy; reflecting the Church in its full manifestation and invitation to inclusive and participative hierarchy (as identified in SC and LG); in light of ecological and environmentalEnvironment imperatives; and designed for the present and future, not the past.

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“Pre-Eminent Manifestation of the Church”: The Cathedral and the Future of Liturgical Architecture

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    2025年

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  • Stephen Hackett MSC

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The liturgy celebrated by God’s holy people with their bishopBishop in the cathedralCathedral church is the pre-eminent manifestationPre-eminent manifestation of the Church (SC 41). Because the Church is a dynamic rather than static reality, made manifest in time, place, and culture, yet transcending each of these, the cathedralCathedral church tends to be for all its permanence, a response to contemporary circumstances. Cathedral architectureArchitecture needs to be configured to contemporary ecclesiologyEcclesiology, the spatial demands of today’s liturgical rites, the presence and place of the Church in contemporary society and to the needs of God’s holy people and of the world. This essay surveys Catholic cathedrals built since Vatican IIVatican II, identifying three types of design and their standpoints on liturgy and liturgical architectureArchitecture, ordered according to the Christological principleChristological principle. It considers the cathedralCathedral, its future and function in its diocesan setting: ordered for the celebration of the liturgy; reflecting the Church in its full manifestation and invitation to inclusive and participative hierarchy (as identified in SC and LG); in light of ecological and environmentalEnvironment imperatives; and designed for the present and future, not the past.