jeffpugh Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1938895' date='Aug 2 2009, 06:22 PM']We Americans have never had quires in our churches (for the most part). It made some sense, though, since the most cathedrals and parishes in the United States have never really had enough clerics for the Office to be recited in common on a consistent basis or for clergy to assist at Mass in choro frequently. I think that having a quire in most churches would be ideal; however, I do like it that laypeople at Mass are able to be closer to the altar when there is no quire.[/quote] Ah, that makes sense I guess. In our Cathedral, there's three steps up - parish altar - three steps up - choir - three steps up - bishop's altar (with the choir stools for the canons in a semicircle around it, the Tabernacle has always been in a side chapel). It's big, dude, big (We have stuck a 120-person choir and full symphony orchestra up there on several occasions. Half of it would comfortably fit [i]all priests in the diocese[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1939597' date='Aug 3 2009, 02:26 PM']Half of it would comfortably fit [i]all priests in the diocese[/i].[/quote] It would also fit all the priests in the diocese once VA is done OP'ing all the young lads she meets into entering seminary and they all get ordained and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1939699' date='Aug 3 2009, 07:05 PM']It would also fit all the priests in the diocese once VA is done OP'ing all the young lads she meets into entering seminary and they all get ordained and stuff [/quote] Hey, I can't help that half the Catholic guys I meet instantly decide to swear off women forever! But yes. Our cathedral is the biggest in the country, muhar And a lot prettier than the cathedral of the Archdiocese, to be honest. It's a bit smaller than the one the protestants stole though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1939717' date='Aug 3 2009, 06:51 PM']Hey, I can't help that half the Catholic guys I meet instantly decide to swear off women forever! But yes. Our cathedral is the biggest in the country, muhar And a lot prettier than the cathedral of the Archdiocese, to be honest. It's a bit smaller than the one the protestants stole though [/quote] Mine's small but very colourful. I'm tempted to say "perfectly formed" but somehow that just doesn't sound right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1939777' date='Aug 3 2009, 10:29 PM']Mine's small but very colourful. I'm tempted to say "perfectly formed" but somehow that just doesn't sound right....[/quote] But it's not cross-shaped! I like cross-shaped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1939786' date='Aug 3 2009, 09:34 PM']But it's not cross-shaped! I like cross-shaped.[/quote] It's kind of cruciform. Squashed cruciform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 You people and your big beautiful churches... And the fact that you [i]lost [/i]churches bigger than we NA's ever had. Silly protestants I wish we still had St. David's Cathedral... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 This thread reminds me of a scene from "Seinfeld": George: What is Holland? Jerry: What do you mean, 'what is it?' It's a country right next to Belgium. George: No, that's the Netherlands. Jerry: Holland *is* the Netherlands. George: Then who are the Dutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1939786' date='Aug 3 2009, 02:34 PM']But it's not cross-shaped! I like cross-shaped.[/quote] You definitely wouldn't like the way most churches are shaped in my city. Edited August 3, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='Era Might' post='1939964' date='Aug 3 2009, 11:51 PM']This thread reminds me of a scene from "Seinfeld": George: What is Holland? Jerry: What do you mean, 'what is it?' It's a country right next to Belgium. George: No, that's the Netherlands. Jerry: Holland *is* the Netherlands. George: Then who are the Dutch?[/quote] That many English-speaking people use the words "Holland" and "the Netherlands" synonymously annoys me more than it annoys the average Dutch person But hey, what can you do. The word "Dutch" comes from the same root as "Deutsch", and the Dutch word for German is "Duits". The original root meant something like "people", if I remember my Old Germanic notes correctly. <-- is a language geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1940029' date='Aug 3 2009, 07:34 PM']That many English-speaking people use the words "Holland" and "the Netherlands" synonymously annoys me more than it annoys the average Dutch person But hey, what can you do. The word "Dutch" comes from the same root as "Deutsch", and the Dutch word for German is "Duits". The original root meant something like "people", if I remember my Old Germanic notes correctly. <-- is a language geek.[/quote] I wondered about that....... Thanks for the etymology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1940065' date='Aug 4 2009, 02:29 AM']I wondered about that....... Thanks for the etymology![/quote] You're welcome! (ieeee, someone appreciates my language nerdiness!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) Define "next". We're to the north of Belgium, west of Germany and east of England... and south of Norway I guess, unless you're in the west of the country, then you're south of a whoppin' load of water and the North Pole Rex: it's okay, the chapel I'm going to be praying in six times a day is a box with a pointy roof. ...that would fit on the choir of our cathedral in its entirety. Edited August 4, 2009 by VeniteAdoremus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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