@@redeemedzoomer6053maybe we should stop planting a new flavor of nondenominational church when there’s already 5 within walking distance of every neighborhood in America. And instead try to revitalize the dying historic churches.
Medieval churches were meant to express the grandeur of God, not the Church. The statues of saints were meant to remind people of the saints’ example and intercession.
i.e. the grandeur of God the Church as opposed to through the Bible: a Cathedral's height reflects the beauty of natural theology, not necessarily Scripture.
Exactly. And the statues/paintings/ stained glass windows of the saints also remind us that our goal is to become part of the communion of saints in heaven; also how the Mass is transcendent of time and space. So the Mass we celebrate today is the SAME Mass that the saints prayed, and the Eucharist we partake in is the SAME as that which they received AND the same Last Supper that Jesus partook in with His Apostles.
As a Catholic, the way I see it, churches should always be beautiful because the salvation in Jesus is beautiful-and this is what I feel for almost every church of Catholicism that I find
The church is not the building but the people. Is the temple of the Lord a physical building? Not anymore. The temple of the Lord is in the hearts of the church people.
well sure i guess but it doesn't matter at the end of the day. God doesn't care where or how your church looks like, if you have a heart that is with him then your good
As long as they preach in an acceptable biblical translation the its fine. But If you see things like "man does not live on bread sticks alone" or "you shall not touch the forebidden pizza of the knowledge of good and evil" then RUN.
@@sexysputnik Not rly. I'd argue its very disrespectful for the house of God to be a Pizza Hut.. It should be beautiful and majestic, not a concert hall, a basic building or a fcking pizza hut
Exactly, romanesque art looks quite byzantine to me. The romanesque crucifix in which St Francis had his vision to rebuild the Church was very byzantine-y
@@titobascou9047 By lighter you mean an in less "weight" or as in more light? Because Gothic architecture is made to let in as much light as possible through the stained glass
In my opinion, a lot of non-denom churches skip straight over “not stuck in the past” and land firmly in “emulating a watered-down form of popular culture” territory. No disrespect to them, but going into a non-denom church sometimes evokes feelings of trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school.
I agree and I go to these churches. I like most of the theology but some of it makes it really bad. The "gifts" in these churches make no sense. Why would only they have gifts and no one else out side of non denom
I mean all the gives told about in the new testament can and are done by people who love Jesus and have him as Lord. I've seen these things happen is many types of churches other than non denom@@pjfunnybunny2597
Better to change their aesthetics try and fit in with modern culture, than the mainline churches that change their theology to fit in with modern culture
@@DrakonPhD taking a more charitable interpretation of mainline denominations, I’m actually the other way around. I’d much prefer to hold onto some culture and traditions while continuing to evolve in how the church relates to the world and modern society.
I believe that's partly because the focus is on evangalizing and getting people to the church. Which can be their downfall because it's vulnerable to watering down the faith.
Bruh baptists don't wear shorts or listen to secular music and they believe alcohol is sinful. Actually, I don't know if all of them believe those things so I can't speak for all baptists, but in my experience, they're kinda like that
Unfortunately the entire structure of the Society of Friends means that you don't know what you're getting until you visit. If it's full of people who have a foundation in Nicean Christianity, then it can be good. If it's full of universalists...
I'm just glad we're still considered, but "where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them", we don't need all the other stuff, we have the big one!
I'm not even sure we can properly call Friends Christians, they generally reject baptism. If a Quaker is validly baptized it's more coincidental than anything.
@@janeditchfield3976that verse is literally being spoken to the apostles and it’s making reference of ecumenical councils and apostolic succession read any historically Christian interpretation of that verse
An important thing to mention is that not all Pentecostal churches look like that it’s a large spectrum considering how much diversity is involved in the denomination
The older Pentecostal churches don’t look like that, mainly those in small towns. However most big city Pentecostal churches almost all look like that.
I sincerely love that moment of feeling awestruck when I enter church. I love being bombarded with beauty & especially iconography. It’s not distracting, it inspires quiet reflection on the individual lives of early founders of our faith who were once real people with unique legacies just like us. I don’t feel “small”, I feel at peace & humble :)
@@fresholiveoil6490why would you lose salvation just based off switching denominations? Your salvation is based on your faith and belief in Jesus Christ and his resurrection and forgiveness of your sins through His death and resurrection, nothing else
As a Catholic, I’d like to add that our churches generally have a lot of symbolism and statues to remind us also of our history. We often see saints similar to how many patriotic or nationalistic people see important historical figures of their nation: a sense of awe, respect, and honor. Of course, unlike them, we believe in a communion of saints (as do the Orthodox of course) and believe that we can ask for their intercession since Christ unites Heaven and Earth. These are our ancestors and heroes in the faith. They came before us and have won the race. Now they’re our role models and intercessors so of course I am emboldened to follow them to Heaven.
I'm a Lutheran. You hit the nail on the head when you summed Lutheran theology up with "the gospel". we read the book, we try to live by it. we try to make jesus' word real in our works. we are critical, obstinate, and we will never give up the good fight.
He missed on Pentecostalism though. Most of those overindulgent light show churches like 4 square aren’t the norm. Especially old school first wave style Pentecostal the churches are more similar to the Baptist one pictured.
Nice video. As a Catholic I must say Saints have nothing to do with authority. They are examples, they are helpers, they are venerated. We pray for them and they pray for us. But they are not authoritative, they are family.
He's projecting his own preoccupations when thinking of Catholicism onto the art of the church and then confusing it with the objective reality of Catholics' preoccupations when building/making art. We literally keep Christ inside the Church at all times and keep our doors open so that everyone has access to him all the time. The idea that saints are about authority is absurd. Catholicism is very folk. They think everything is about the Magisteriu just because it's THEIR biggest gripe with us and that's what THEY see (project) when they look at the church. This video is absurd.
@abrahamdozer6273 Glad you asked. There is distinction between Latria (to God), Dulia (to angels and saints) and Hyperdulia (to Mary). Only Latria is worship. The others are veneration, respectful forms of prayer. You must also understand that prayer is not the same as worship: Because worship requires a sacrifice, and no one is sacrificing anything for Mary or the Saints. Worship means service (to our God through a sacrifice). Christ in the cross was the sufficient sacrifice which we accept when we become Christians. He is the only one who was sacrificed therefore the only one who is being worshipped. A protestant would ask, why venerate? Even if it's not equal to worship, isn't Christ enough? Yes, Christ is enough! Catholicism does not say Mary or the Saints are necessary for salvation! However Mary and the Saints DO help immensely, because they keep us in Jesus' path. A protestant usually says: Aren't they acting as mediators? The Bible says "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus". And this is correct! Jesus is the only mediator between God and men. Jeus IS the only way to the Father. Catholics however recognize Mary and the Saints are ways from the people TO JESUS. We all get to know Jesus in many ways with the help of many people. From prophets guiding the masses, missionaries helping to spread the Lords's word, preachers and monks and priests, and even common people simply praying for us. It's a big family and they ALL help us stay in the path that is Jesus. They are NOT replacing Jesus' role nor offering salvation. This is why you should not lift false testimony about what any of them pretend to do. It's a family of followers, and we are asked to be as one, without division or hate. To better understand Mary's role, know that it is one of simple piety and growing from love. And that she always acts through asking Jesus. This can be seen in John 2:1-11 (at the Wedding at Cana): Mary tells Jesus "They have no wine," and Jesus replied, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come." His mother then said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you". And He helped them. Here Mary interceded for the earthly misfortunes of regular people, and Jesus listens to her even when it was not part of God's divine plan. She in return asks people to do what Jesus says. It is simple Christian piety, Mary takes pity on the misfortunate and asks Jesus for help, and He is willing to listen and offer grace even beyond his plan. Because of the love of our mother. If you want, I can further explain more about Mary.
You know it's actually sad that the trademark byzantine arquitecture of churches which is based on the Hagia Sophia is actually associated with mosques
@@lightmohamed5700 I'm not so sure about that tho. Usually when people think of a mosque they think of an ottoman style mosque, which is a direct copy of byzantine arquitecture. It's for a reason that this 🕌 is even the emoji for a mosque
To be fair. The Hagia Sophia was a Byzantine church first. The Ottomans took Constantinople, renamed it Istanbul, and turned the biggest and most beautiful of the Christian churches, the Hagia Sophia, into a mosque. Partly out of architectural envy, and partly as a brazen display of dominance. So if mosques look like old Byzantine churches, it's because they're based on the biggest Ottoman mosque, that used to be the biggest Byzantine church.
@@jameshobbsiv4040 if muslims claim that the hagia sophia is a mosque then they have no right to complain about Palestine getting it's land "stolen" by Israel
I'm so happy to be a Catholic. We have so many different architectural styles. Gothic, Baroque, Byzantine, Romanesque, along with the more humble Churches and Monasteries.
I (Protestant) was recently invited to partake in the Holy Thursday Mass with my Catholic friends. The church it was held at was given a dispensation to have the altar in the center of the room, with two rows of pews facing the center. They also had a special crucifix with an image of Christ on both sides. It was beautiful, and I would gladly return in the future.
@@hismajesty6272I also attended mass twice so far and it is beautiful, though I don't see in what way it has anything to do with Christ and his teachings. The Catholic Church has no aspects of Discipleship. I say this with all due respect, the traditions are beautiful, but traditions nonetheless, not actual Christianity (meaning being a follower of Christ).
I'm a baptist so I do prefer a building that reflects humility and simplicity. however I very much like to visit other denominational churches. beautiful in their own way.
I'm a former Baptist. I left the area because I grew to despise its forced doctrines as I grew up. It seems to me that Baptists churches are just an excuse just being lazy.
My mother is from Slovakia and I had the pleasure to visit Slovakia last fall for the first time. I stopped by a Greek Catholic Church when in Spišská Nová Ves. It was very beautiful and I loved the mosaic and icons they had. I feel truly blessed to be a part of the Catholic Church.
@@hamza-j9n "Greek Catholic Church" is the eastern Catholic rite in Slovakia, it's in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and believe the Pope has authority over the Church just like Roman Catholics, and in general believe in all the things Roman Catholics do and even practice praying the Rosary, but they have Orthodox aesthetics and liturgy.
@@CommiePastrami Nice, I'm from the city you mentioned, we also have a beautiful Roman Catholic Church here, not far from the Greek Catholic one (which is breathtaking)
@@NinaJ7 Áno. I saw this one too. I wanted to go in, but unfortunately it was locked. I only got pictures of the outside, but the building was very pretty and in a very good spot in the city.
For anyone wondering why people don't build beautiful churches anymore, it's mostly because most of society today is completely irreligious, forcing dedicated Christians to build their own independent houses of worship which of course aren't going to receive any funds except what the congregation can save up together.
Kind of hard to invest hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars into a church building that could take many, many years to finish, rather than repurposing an existing building and using the saved money to fund the various charities and outreach ministries a church may have. That's assuming the church can even afford said fancy structure to begin with
It’s not just churches, people don’t build barely any beautiful buildings anymore period. It’s called capitalism, that’s why they build houses out of wood instead of brick in America. And maybe if Christians stopped leaving the religion, and also focusing on tradition, they would build beautiful churches again. But instead you sit and complain and blame
That and it's way more practical to hire a modern architect to build an aesthetically dull but perfectly functional church building than trying for something ostentatious that'd have massively higher labor and material costs, on top of being harder to maintain.
I'm non denominational because i believe that i can go to church like Catholic's, listen to the gospel like Lutheran, be a tradition Christian like Orthodox, study the bible like presbyterian, i have experience with God like Pentecostal, pray to God like Anglican, and have a personal relationship with God like a Baptist
I agree. I'm also non-denominational because I believe that denominations as a concept detract from the actual purpose of Christ's church: A group of believers unified in their faith working to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ around the world to the lost.
I just got home from mass in a church built around 1100. The church is like a mix between catholic and Lutheran, with it being largely simple but still has pictures and icons. Love how I was just admiring the architecture and now come home to see this video
Something a lot of people don't seem to appreciate or understand today is that a plain, simple building can still be beautiful if it's done right. Lots of old country churches around the country are very plain and simple, yet they're still very beautiful.
Thanks for this comment, even as a Catholic, I see the beaty in (almost) all of these types of churches, the feeling of holiness can come from many different things, including humility and simplicity :). Although I draw the line with contemporary Non-denominational and Pentecostal churches, those have always felt devoid of holiness and more like a watered-down version of pop-culture, sadly
I wouldn't say Pentecostalism is "all about" or centered around experience, feelings or atmosphere. I have been to many Pentecostal churches and this haven't been true for any one of them. Sure, there are some examples of "emotionalism" in quite many churches, but this does not represent the movement as a whole. Pentecostalism is all about letting the Spirit work freely and not rejecting God's continuing work through Himself and through us through the Spirit, it is a movement centered around mission, not emotions. Many Pentecostal churches sings hymns and are not at all concerned with lights or upbeat music. If you would have said it is "generally" like this, then I would have let it slide, but you put it forth as a fact.
I have heard them in Pentecostal churches screaming, convulsing, falling to the ground, trembling, speaking unintelligible words in a state of agitation and chaos, and saying that the Holy Spirit has descended upon them. Do all of them do this or a small percentage of them?
@@Holy-y5k I have actually never witnessed any of this, only a few times people have fallen to the ground while people was praying for them, but that was not in a meeting, it was rather an independent gathering inside the church walls. However, in the Pentecostal movement there is a problem in many churches regarding emotionalism, but this shouldn't define it as a whole. Although it generally is more lively and more shouts of "Amen!" and "Hallelujah!" in Pentecostal churches, most are not centered on feelings and emotions. The Spirit gets to work freely, and the gifts of tongues and prophecy, etc is not looked down upon. The center of Pentecostalism is relationship with God and mission, I'm not very good at most other denominations, but I think Pentecostalism is most closely a blend of Baptism, Methodism and Spirit led charismatics. Many confuse Pentecostalism with Neopentecostalism, and while there are some blend in some congregations, they are two different things, although both can absolutely include true, born again Christians.
I am not sure which Pentecostal churches you have attended, but yea I think most non-Pentecostal people would describe their services as an "emotional experience" which is not a bad thing. I think every denomination uses arts in one way or another to evoke emotion during service but Pentecostals do seem to amplify sounds and movement more than others similar to how Orthodox and Catholic Christians amplify visual cues.
this type of Charismatic nonsense stuff with non-denominational and most Pentecostals, feels and looks so far off from the usual worship of the true triune God where God instructs us with how he like to worship in hymns in Psalms.
Didn’t the pope once said all religions lead to God? (How is that based?) But Jesus said ‘I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me’?
@@benz8681 Jesus is humanity’s only hope to salvation, why is this difficult for the Pope to articulate? He makes it so vague, open to interpretation, and fuzzy. He seems to do this a lot. I don’t know where this doctrine of God’s submissive will is in scripture, but I know Jesus says that He is the way the truth and the life. Does God really have a ‘permissive will’? Is God sending Jesus to save the world while somehow having a ‘submissive will’ based? God doesn’t have a submissive will, there are liars, those who believe in lies, and there those who believe the Truth.
@@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis Closest thing I think he said somewhat officially on this was the document on Human Fraternity: This Document upholds the following: • Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the right to freedom of belief and the freedom to be different derives. Therefore, the fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected, as too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept; You can see in context he is talking about freedom, but it did raise eyebrows when he lumped in religion with things which are innate: color, sex, race, seeming to suggest that what religion you have is an innate characteristic, and thus impossible to change (and imprudent/immoral to seek to have changed in another). In later comments, he clarified he was talking about permissive will (voluntas permissiva): Because there are many religions, and why are there many religions? Along with the Muslims, we are the descendants of the same Father, Abraham: why does God allow many religions? God wanted to allow this: Scholastic theologians used to refer to God’s voluntas permissiva. He wanted to allow this reality: there are many religions. Some are born from culture, but they always look to heaven; they look to God. But what God wants is fraternity among us and in a special way, this was the reason for the trip, with our brothers, Abraham’s children like us, the Muslims. We must not fear differences. God allowed this. Still, the inclusion of permissive will here doesn't completely make his own view clear; though it does helpfully leave the door open to a belief that religious diversity is bad, and God permits it still for good ends (which would be the orthodox reading).
@@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis he has repeatedly. Speaking at morning Mass at the Santa Marta residence in 2016, Pope Francis on Monday urged the faithful not to seek salvation through anyone but Jesus alone, because he is the only way into heaven. "The Lord thus clearly says: you cannot enter eternal life by any entryway that is not the door - that is not Jesus," the Pope said during his April 18 homily, according to Vatican Radio's translation. "He is the door of our life - and not only of eternal life, but also of our daily lives." If we do not make decisions "in the name of Jesus" - who is the door - we attempt to do so through a "smuggler's hatch," he said.
To be fair most catholic Churches here start just with a simple palm roof in a donated plot from a neighborhood and a few wooden stools piled up in the corner with hope nobody steal them. And after that it becomes a decades long process to make a temple suitable enough to be considered a parish and not just a chapel. And in most cases is the community itself the one who helps to build it by donations and hand work. A few months ago my local church finally got a proper door and it was an absolute milestone for the community. And just like that another church in another neighborhood had not even roof and spent years doing services in the middle of a construction site until the temple became the proper aesthetic of a catholic church.
same here, in the 8 years I've gone to my church it's went from a glorified storage building to a proper, holy, iconography filled Catholic Church where you feel the presence of God around every corner and in every inch of the place
Everyone saying “Pizza Hut churches” let’s not forget how Wesley and Whitfield weren’t allowed into those pretty buildings and were made to preach in the streets. Or how the UMC punishes and replaces conservative pastors. Or how the early Christians used to and the persecuted Christians in China currently gather into houses. John Knox’s stunning cathedral in Edinburgh allows lesbians to preach and they’ve turned his grave into a parking spot. Pretty buildings are nice and we should defend what institutions we have. But at the end of the day I’d rather worship God truthfully in a cave than give Him empty ceremony or listen to a transvestite blaspheme my faith from the altar.
Thanks for this video RZ! As a Catholic I would also say that our Church is not just Authority but also to show beauty of our salvation of our Lord and making Heaven as it is on earth ❤ God bless
An Anglican priest explained to me the significance of the stained glass in traditional English churches and it's incredibly powerful. The entire story of the Bible presented in artwork is truly captivating, and the rood screen with John the Baptist and Mary connecting the Old and New Testament is powerful.
In my opinion, Catholic, and I assume Orthodox, design has more to do with the fact that their buildings are temples where actual sacrifices are offered. The space, then, should befit the sacrifice.
The core concept is that in the Divine Litergy, the Church Militant participates with the Church Triumphant in Heaven. That is one of the the reasons we have Icons of Angels and Saints on the walls and iconostasis. It is modeling what is seen in passages like Revelation and Isaiah. And you are right about it being designed because it is a temple. The idea is that the Tabernacle was modeled after Heavenly worship. The first and second Temples followed the same pattern. The is the pattern Orthodox churches follow. If you are interested, I would suggest Jonathan Pageau's video on Sacred Architecture. Edit, I don't want to be unchartiable, but I don't think he really understands the reasons behind Roman Catholic and Orthodox designes of Sacred Architecture. Correct me if I am wrong, but I assume the the reason for tall Cathedrals is to draw your eyes up to Heaven. I assume there are also deeper theological design choices as there are in the Orthodox.Where the design has symbolism from how the building is supposed to be in the shape of the cross down to pointing to the East.
@@mamaliamalak7825here in the Catholic sphere we have our "experts" who teach us that the banisters between sancturay and hall must be torn down to "1!mEet tHe peopl3!". I hope you Easterners at least keep yourselves immune to this rubbish
I would put it in a slightly more simple way. Icons in the church remind us that the saints and angels are present right here among us and co-participate with us in the divine liturgy. Because Orthodox believe that the earthly church is mystically uniting with the heavenly church during our worship. Although, I totally agree with your reference to apocalypse symbolism. And the first commentator is right that the church reflects our theology. For us, it is, indeed, a holy space where mysteries are served/celebrated.
Exactly. So many of the denominations spend all their efforts trying to tear each other apart over relatively minor disagreements that they're missing the entire point of the Church. To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and fellowship together in His name. I just know there's going to be someone responding to this comment with some extremely aggressive/insulting comment about how one denomination or another is full of evil heretics.
0:04: I like that you used a church called Higher Vision. If you’re gonna open a non-denominational church, you must give it a name that could cause someone to confuse it for a marijuana dispensary
Great job explaining the motive behind the different aesthetics of the denominations without putting anyone down. As a Lutheran, your explanation on our churches was very spot on.
My current church is renovated from an older church whose congregation dwindled to basically nothing so they donated it to our church (which at the time was meeting in school auditoriums) and my gosh... it was just a bunch of random square structures that were stuck together, and it was NOT up to fire code. Luckily we were able to update it and clean it up, and it's a very welcoming environment nowadays. It's still sort of a weird layout with some ugly structures, but at least now it looks nice and inviting. I think you're spot-on with your interpretation of non-denominational churches, non-denominationalism theologically is a marriage between Pentecostals and Baptists (for the most part, some churches lean more Pentecostal and others more Baptist) they inherit the idea of having a more personal relationship with God from the Baptists, while also inheriting the need to be spiritually active and alive from the Pentecostals. Most non-denominational churches want guests to be welcome and foster a sense of community, so there are lots of large windows and sitting areas. Personally, to me what a church looks like visually is icing on the cake. I like traditional, ornate architecture but I know not every church can be some big historic church, and not every church has that kind of money. I mostly care about the teachings of the church. I don't dislike the more contemporary style (I do think the corporate department store-esque style should be avoided by churches if at all possible, though) but it can be improved on, such as adding more interior arches, more stained glass, and more architectural details that make it clear that this is a church and not a fancy convention center. The college I'm going to has this really cool chapel that they hold weekly services in, and I do like the architectural style, it's elegant yet reserved, and modern yet traditional.
I really appreciated how you explained the values and styles of different denominations without making fun of any of them. So many Christians can’t help but make jabs when taking about traditions other than theirs, but you were very respectful in your portrayal of them without resorting to mockery and strawmen.
@El-HartoHave you talked to a lot of trad Catholics? Because while I’m not trad myself, most of my Catholic friends are and your description of them here is way off base.
@@Jupiter__001_ Yes, but the emphasis of statues is more of a reminder of the saints' lives and holiness than their authority. After all, for someone to be canonized, they already have to have died.
Baptists (SBC especially) also spend a ton of our budget on overseas missions. I love the pretty buildings of the lutherans and anglicans, but when it comes down to stained glass or one more missionary to the lost, the windows can wait. But seriously though my brother baptists, colorful paint doesn't cost more than beige.
Props to RZ for not bashing contemporary style but actually speaking of it in a way that conveys it still has value. Of course I think there’s a balance to be struck contemporary in moderation is ok but tradition should still be upheld.
My Presbyterian church is very simplistic in nature. Plain walls like you said. Two paintings of Jesus. And it’s a very large sanctuary. Story goes when the first built the larger church (a smaller one had existed prior) it was more ornate and extravagant to an extent. But the night before they were gonna hold their first Sunday service it burned to the ground in a fire. The congregation took that as a sign from God they were being too flashy, so when they rebuilt the place they toned it back on the décor.
I would say for ortodoxy it isn't just tradition, but closes to god. They are supposed to feel welcoming, holy, frendly and beautiful. I love your videos, but you seem to get ortodoxy wrong and repeat some misunderstanding or you don't show full picture. I love your channel but I just tought you need to pay a bit more attention to this.
This! He's doing the same for us Catholics, taking his own impressions of what he finds distinctive about the various traditions from his apologetics and then crudely projecting them onto areas they have nothing to do with. A better take is that the churches reflect the different emphases about what's taking place in there. Catholic and Orthodox emphases on the Eucharist as a true, ATEMPORAL sacrifice that participates in the heavenly worship, is reflected in different ways. In the West, the taller churches tended to emphasize the attention being drawn up to heaven, and feels somewhat more masculine. In the East, it tended to be the opposite (heaven brought down to earth, in a way) and feels somewhat warmer/more maternal. But both are essentially trying to depict this belief that heaven and earth are meeting in the Church's worship, or to inspire or invite the believers to participate in this "drama." Even the liturgies are the same, with the Gregorian feeling more "drawing mind UP to heaven" and the Eastern feeling like "drawing heaven DOWN to earth". He then reduces them to "authority" and "tradition" because that's what HE thinks about when he thinks "Catholic" and "Orthodox." Even claiming that SAINTS are about authority? Or just to emphasise Tradition? Absurd. I know it's not deliberate but it's honestly very annoying.
My Pentacost does not look like that 😐. The Pentacost that I go to has a traditional look, like the Lutheran church. And we sing older hymns. Also we have no Icons or images of God.
I go to a baptist church, and the worship music is a mix of new/contemporary style and old/traditional hymns that appeal to our older members (both music styles are beautiful, though). The only thing that changes is the rhythm, of course. We clap on some, and some raise their hands on the slower music. Additionally, we don't have any pictures of saints. We don't even have crosses nor Jesus on the cross for that matter, the church is very simple but beautiful, we only have floral decorations, and yes, our relationship with Christ is one of the most important things, but we do know that salvation is nos obtained through any deed, rather it was given by grace alone by Jesus' sacrifice, and we believe in the trinity of course. But yes, as the years go by, the church stays relevant, and our pastors cover a whole bunch of topics, and we have very modern equipment (i.e. electric drumsets, a studio, keyboards, and electric pianos).
I like catholic, orthodox and presbyterian. Methodist with the TV screens broke my heart. What people don’t see, when attacking us catholics for putting up statues: we accept our weakness as humans - and the fact we need visual aid to be able to visualize things. It’s not idolatry. It’s accepting the human weakness. Taking all of that out and saying you don’t need it, could be seen as priding yourself to be a better christian than others. Hope you appreciate a fresh angle on the topic.
My Church’s building was reconstructed in the early 1900s from the original building. We have a quite beautiful church even though it is quite simple. (Southern Baptist)
I think you might have a bit of a misunderstanding [1] of the range of Catholic architecture (there are very plain churches, especially in the tradition of many monastic orders such as the Cistercians or Carthusians, which are akin to the continental Reformed churches you depict - read Bernard of Clarivaux on simplicity of architecture and images in monastic churches), and [2] the theology of the architecture. The statues are icons, just like the Orthodox. The theology of those is to depict the 'great cloud of witnesses' around the worshipper, not so much their theological authority - they are devotional images to remind worshippers of the presence of the saints. And that fits overall into the church building which depicts not the bigness or authority of the Church. Gothic architecture is usually supposed to depict the New Jerusalem descending from heaven in the book of Revelation, with the Lamb on His throne. You can read the writings of the medievals who commissioned those churches to get their own self-stated aims. There were other models, however, such as the Romanesque or Baroque, which aim at slightly different theological emphases.
This is going to sound harsh, and you’re probably going to hate me for this. But as a Catholic that’s a disappointing and dishonest explanation of Catholic architecture. We don’t prioritize authority over personal relationship with Christ. We don’t have statues to remind us of the authority of the saints. The church is a family. The Church is the family of the New Covenant in His blood (the Eucharist). But we each have a very deep personal relationship with God. We have statues to remind us of our fathers and mothers in faith who have gone before us who are truly present with us during mass. We have ornate structures and paintings to draw us into closer relationship with God, to help us contemplate Him. There was a study comparing different events in a persons lives. What converted more people than anything else? When they visit a beautiful church. More than being preached to. More than being invited to a Bible study. More than praise and worship music or community. It’s an encounter with God through beauty. Catholic architecture communicates God’s beauty, majesty and transcendence. It is truly available to us at all times, but especially in the Mass and in the Church
In my Pentecostal Church (Assemblies of God in particular) is actually a mix between Baptist and Pentecostal with the stage mostly being the only Pentecostal visual attribute associated with the church.
As a Catholic, when I go to other churches, I'm mostly struck how central the PEOPLE are to the faith. I've certainly been to poor, tiny Catholic churches, but even in those the emphasis is never on the people. The images, the words of the mass, all emphasis is on our effort to represent our worship of God. In other churches, I cannot escape the feeling that I'm supposed to be worshipping people.
Methodist churches can span a wide variety of architectural design. Some could be mistaken for gothic Anglican churches, while others can be very low church.
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As For Adventism since I'm a Seventh day Adventist. that was not Mentioned in the Video, I hope you can post it like What Adventist Church Look Like in 1844?
There was a church in the holy land that had the altar in the center of the church and it was the basis for the design of in the round churches. A church in Rome has that design.
this is a good video but I don't think that your treatment of Catholics is as monolithic in reality- there is a great difference between the size, statues, and architecture of cathedrals (which you address) and parish churches and chapels, which are much smaller and more intimate- there's also a scale of grandeur in the mass, between a solemn high mass and a low mass as well.
The church I go to as an aesthetic somewhere in between Baptist and non-denominational. I grew up in an Assembly of God Church that for most of its existence had an aesthetic that looked more like a Baptist one, and now looks a little bit more like the way you described Pentecostal churches, though no smoke machines yet.
You're wrong about Anglicans valuing unity over doctrinal purity. It's more that we view the only pure doctrine to be the faith of the early church as professed via the creeds. To require a christian to believe anything beyond that, especially if the scriptural support for it is reasonably disputed (be it a faith-alone view of salvation, a calvinist view of predestination, or the total authority of the pope), is what we view as heretical.
I noticed my "United Methodist Church" is now just "Methodist Churc". Is there a chance you could do a video explaining that? Ive been away for 14 years and i just came back to my childhood church. Its all blue now. Not red. It was startling.
There was a denominational split over the past two years and many more traditional churches in the United Methodist Church split and formed a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church. As part of the conditions for splitting, churches had to remove the red flame/cross logo of the UMC from their church buildings unless it was apart of the church’s architecture. The logo for the Global Methodist Church is a blue cross with three blue rings intersecting behind it. The split primarily occurred over the issue of whether or not to allow gay marriages and clergy, the issue of the UMC denomination owning the buildings of individual churches ‘in trust,’ and the appointment and power of bishops. Happy Easter btw
A United Methodist Church in a town I used to live in became a Global Methodist Church. Another somewhat near me in another direction seemingly became an independent church. That one removed the UMC style cross and replaced it with a plain cross.
the penticostal church i belong to is actually beautiful, its not over the top but its also not a warehouse with foldable chairs like most penacostal churches
I unfollowed a while back because I dislike your divisive rhetoric but this video does a great job at promoting unity within our differences and not arguing correct or incorrect doctrine. Great vid, man.
As a Hindu, my interest is in the Christian religion. I believe in Lord Jesus Christ and his teachings. I also believe in the Holy Bible. Glory be to Lord Jesus Christ🛐✝️☦️
If you truly believe and love Jesus Christ as your Savior, then you should convert from Hinduism to Christianity and be baptized as a Christian. You dont serve two masters at once u know. Im a Catholic and the First of the 10 Commandments of God is: I am the Lord, I am your God. You shall not have no other gods besides me. If you are a Christian, your prayers and offerings should directly only to the Christian God and not to some pagan gods.
I figured that when we got to Pentecostal churches, they'd be the massive screen, strobe lights, smoke machine, etc stuff. Most small Pentecostal churches are basically just like Baptist churches. they're very simplistic and basically just like a big house. Heck, even a lot of larger Pentecostal churches don't have too many stimulating effects, from what I've seen. It really depends on the type of Pentecostal, as well as the target audience, I guess.
I have a question. What's your advice for Young christian man That are Waiting for marriage. I am twenty two years old and i've never had a girlfriend or been In a relationship. With a girl( I'm Autistic so it has hindered my life for a very long time And it hindered me from going places to meet girls) And I have always hated being a Virgin for a long time.And this has been going back-and-forth in my mind.For many year since I became a christian when I Was 15 years old. It Has drove me crazy over the years I get so sick of being alone. So sick of not being in a relationship. Even last night I just felt so empty. Inside and just wanted. To be in a relationship. I really want God to help me out of this position in my life. There are so many things I want fixed
Don’t rush it brother. I have had a few partners and it makes you feel even more empty and depressed. It’s not worth giving into your fleshly desires. She will come along when the time is right. God will place her in your path when you least expect it.
My advice to you is force yourself out of your comfort zone and force yourself to socialize. It’ll be hard and scary at first but the more you do it the more you’ll get used to it
Pick someone who is 5'7 and has strong facial features so you can have tall, handsome children. Swedes, Latvians and Dutch women are the way to do it. They are amongst the tallest women in the world and with them you'd be guaranteed to have six feet tall sons.
To add on how Lutheran church design is shaped by our focus on the Gospel (as seen on the overview slide): in some regions in Germany, including mine, the pulpit is combined with the altar, located directly above it. That serves to represent how the Sacraments (performed at the altar) are connected to the Gospel (interpreted from the pulpit).
I'm fond of Baptist and Qauker church's because I prefer the idea of spirituality and religion being more of a personal journey that you mostly take on your own. If God is real, then he's everywhere so I don't really see the point in making a place of worship too grand. But thats just me. Orthodox churches look amazing though. I'd like to visit one someday.
But it's not an individual journey. To be a Christian is to become a member in the body of Christ. It's absurd for a finger to say to the heart "I don't need you, just me and the head is enough."
Not all Non-denominational churches have flashy, contemporary worship. The one I grew up in was primarily a piano and hymns with some newer music and a guitar. And by newer, I mean probably 80's contemporary, but I also went to the church from the late 80's until 2000. I get back there on occasion and things haven't changed much.
I am very skeptical of Pentecostalism because of the stimulation point. How do we know the experience is not from the stimuli during worship rather than actual experience from God? Very difficult to discern when the senses are artificially overwhelmed.
And Church of Christ is Baptist without instruments, because God, being perfect, gave us naturally all the tools we need to worship him with; our voice and our hands.
2:52 In a lot of Lutheran churches, the baptismal font is eight sided because it's supposed to represent the eight people saved from the global flood in the ark, which is a type and shadow of baptism in the Old Testament. Ark imagery seems to be common in a lot of denominations' church designs. The Lutheran Church I go to now has that kind of aesthetic as did the Baptist church I spent a long time in before I converted to Lutheranism. Wesley's weird obsession with octagons might have something to do with that, but Idk, just my uneducated two cents.
Are your explanations more caricature, generalizations than reality? In growing up Seventh Day Baptist, I would say that we don't think churches can't be ornate at all. But in order to be ornate you probably need a ton of money which most Seventh Day Baptist Churches just don't have funds like that. Either way I appreciate your videos and I would invite you be in a "personal relationship" with me. 😉 Just doing what Baptist do. 🤣
Give it less than 10 years and u will probably be able to do this again, with only 3 of the pics: - The Catholic one. - The Orthodox one. And, - The pentecostal one. (for all the rest)
Yah, he did something similar to the Orthodox groups. Just some bad assumptions without taking the time to actually look up the reasons for Catholic and Orthodox design choices.
When I went to an Anglican Cathedral for the first time in Winchester, England, I was in absolute awe of the majestic architecture and sacred atmosphere; almost as if I truly was in the House of God. The worship service was beautiful too that puts modern Christian music to shame.
As a pentecostal there is a large spectrum of churches like my current church is literally an old Wesleyan church so it very traditional. Brown wood seats pulpit you have to walk up too🤣🤣.
Honestly, as an Anglican, I love being via media, it allows for so much difference in thinking and that promotes intellectualism and debating. Personally my church was first built in the 1200s, and I love it
I like the video and you summarised very well many intentions behind churches architecture. I would say, though, that it is hard to put "Catholic architecture" in one basket, as it has been around for millennia and has changed styles quite a bit: your remarks might work well for gothic and baroque style, for example, but not so much for Romanesque style, with low ceilings, thick walls, very bare inside.. very "monastery like".
What Baptists churches built 50 years ago look like: ⛪️
What Baptist church plants look like: 🗑️
Same with ALL church plants
@@redeemedzoomer6053maybe we should stop planting a new flavor of nondenominational church when there’s already 5 within walking distance of every neighborhood in America.
And instead try to revitalize the dying historic churches.
@@gumbyshrimp2606 BASED!!
@@gumbyshrimp2606maybe you should ask yourself why there are so many denominations if only one (or NONE) could be correct.
@@michaelseay9783 It started in 400 A.D when the Assyrian Church of the East split.
Medieval churches were meant to express the grandeur of God, not the Church. The statues of saints were meant to remind people of the saints’ example and intercession.
i.e. the grandeur of God the Church as opposed to through the Bible: a Cathedral's height reflects the beauty of natural theology, not necessarily Scripture.
@@ANon-vm4mh The Scripture is found in the windows. Both creation and redemption were part of the Medieval churches message.
Exactly. And the statues/paintings/ stained glass windows of the saints also remind us that our goal is to become part of the communion of saints in heaven; also how the Mass is transcendent of time and space. So the Mass we celebrate today is the SAME Mass that the saints prayed, and the Eucharist we partake in is the SAME as that which they received AND the same Last Supper that Jesus partook in with His Apostles.
@@TheDoctorsDancerWell said
Yeah, I’d say Zoomer’s thing on Orthodoxy would also kinda fit for Catholicism in this video.
As a Catholic, the way I see it, churches should always be beautiful because the salvation in Jesus is beautiful-and this is what I feel for almost every church of Catholicism that I find
Exactly! Also, people used to wear "Sunday's Best" too. 🥺
Yes, its the house of God, it should be beautiful, majestic and heavenly
The church is not the building but the people. Is the temple of the Lord a physical building? Not anymore. The temple of the Lord is in the hearts of the church people.
@@sorrenzz3610 I understand that, I just mean churches as in the individual buildings
well sure i guess but it doesn't matter at the end of the day. God doesn't care where or how your church looks like, if you have a heart that is with him then your good
I’ve seen a non denominational church that looks like a Pizza Hut
Could've actually been built off of one
Pizza Hut churches are a southern staple.
As long as they preach in an acceptable biblical translation the its fine. But If you see things like "man does not live on bread sticks alone" or "you shall not touch the forebidden pizza of the knowledge of good and evil" then RUN.
@@sexysputnikvalid points, BUT are you saying man CAN live on breadsticks alone?😟
@@sexysputnik Not rly. I'd argue its very disrespectful for the house of God to be a Pizza Hut.. It should be beautiful and majestic, not a concert hall, a basic building or a fcking pizza hut
Don't reduce catholic architecture to gothic and barroque. We also have dark and gloomy romanic churches and majestic renaissance churches.
Exactly, romanesque art looks quite byzantine to me. The romanesque crucifix in which St Francis had his vision to rebuild the Church was very byzantine-y
@@igorlopes7589 that's partly because much of the early romanesque churches were actually built by the byzantines.
And modern suburban parish architecture.
@@vngelicath1580 🤮
@@titobascou9047 By lighter you mean an in less "weight" or as in more light? Because Gothic architecture is made to let in as much light as possible through the stained glass
In my opinion, a lot of non-denom churches skip straight over “not stuck in the past” and land firmly in “emulating a watered-down form of popular culture” territory. No disrespect to them, but going into a non-denom church sometimes evokes feelings of trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school.
I agree and I go to these churches. I like most of the theology but some of it makes it really bad. The "gifts" in these churches make no sense. Why would only they have gifts and no one else out side of non denom
I mean all the gives told about in the new testament can and are done by people who love Jesus and have him as Lord. I've seen these things happen is many types of churches other than non denom@@pjfunnybunny2597
Better to change their aesthetics try and fit in with modern culture, than the mainline churches that change their theology to fit in with modern culture
@@DrakonPhD taking a more charitable interpretation of mainline denominations, I’m actually the other way around. I’d much prefer to hold onto some culture and traditions while continuing to evolve in how the church relates to the world and modern society.
I believe that's partly because the focus is on evangalizing and getting people to the church. Which can be their downfall because it's vulnerable to watering down the faith.
What?! A reference to nondenominational churches without calling them "Basically Baptists"?! Is this even Redeemed Zoomer anymore?! 🤣
Cant even tell if my church is non denom or baptist lol...
@@mazarineeprobably Church of Christ if you can’t tell
@@ammazer1229 im talking branch
@@ammazer1229 Nah you'd know if it was a Church of Christ. The singing would be too good for baptists to handle (joke out of love).
Bruh baptists don't wear shorts or listen to secular music and they believe alcohol is sinful. Actually, I don't know if all of them believe those things so I can't speak for all baptists, but in my experience, they're kinda like that
Honestly I thought you were gonna say Quaker churches have an empty aesthetic because Quakers don’t exist anymore 😭
real
Unfortunately the entire structure of the Society of Friends means that you don't know what you're getting until you visit. If it's full of people who have a foundation in Nicean Christianity, then it can be good. If it's full of universalists...
I'm just glad we're still considered, but "where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them", we don't need all the other stuff, we have the big one!
I'm not even sure we can properly call Friends Christians, they generally reject baptism. If a Quaker is validly baptized it's more coincidental than anything.
@@janeditchfield3976that verse is literally being spoken to the apostles and it’s making reference of ecumenical councils and apostolic succession read any historically Christian interpretation of that verse
An important thing to mention is that not all Pentecostal churches look like that it’s a large spectrum considering how much diversity is involved in the denomination
Same thought. Pentecostal in India might look like baptist churches not concerts.
This. Small storefront pentecoastal churches look nothing like the big concert type
Yeah, I go to a fairly small Pentecostal church (in Australia) and it's nothing like that. In fact, we're against the megachurches like that.
It was funny to see the portrayal here cause in my Pentecostal church we are very against to this look😭✋🏼
The older Pentecostal churches don’t look like that, mainly those in small towns. However most big city Pentecostal churches almost all look like that.
I sincerely love that moment of feeling awestruck when I enter church. I love being bombarded with beauty & especially iconography. It’s not distracting, it inspires quiet reflection on the individual lives of early founders of our faith who were once real people with unique legacies just like us. I don’t feel “small”, I feel at peace & humble :)
I agree with you 100%, going to Russia and walking into the orthodox churches was a surreal experiences
Agreed!
The octagonal shape for Wesley is because we're here to give the devil a beat down! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
That shape might make me change denominations if only I could be sure I wouldn't lose my salvation by doing so...
TITHES PAY FOR THE FULL PEW BUT YOU ONLY NEED
THE EDDDDDGGGEEE!!!
Why does the Devil hate octagons so much though?
The person is making a MMA/UFC joke. It is not Serious. Hence, the announcer yells, "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday"! @@a_Catholic_Ant
@@fresholiveoil6490why would you lose salvation just based off switching denominations? Your salvation is based on your faith and belief in Jesus Christ and his resurrection and forgiveness of your sins through His death and resurrection, nothing else
As a Catholic, I’d like to add that our churches generally have a lot of symbolism and statues to remind us also of our history. We often see saints similar to how many patriotic or nationalistic people see important historical figures of their nation: a sense of awe, respect, and honor. Of course, unlike them, we believe in a communion of saints (as do the Orthodox of course) and believe that we can ask for their intercession since Christ unites Heaven and Earth. These are our ancestors and heroes in the faith. They came before us and have won the race. Now they’re our role models and intercessors so of course I am emboldened to follow them to Heaven.
True, my parish is named after St. Joseph and there’s lillies painted on the ceiling.
I'm a Lutheran. You hit the nail on the head when you summed Lutheran theology up with "the gospel". we read the book, we try to live by it. we try to make jesus' word real in our works. we are critical, obstinate, and we will never give up the good fight.
He missed on Pentecostalism though. Most of those overindulgent light show churches like 4 square aren’t the norm. Especially old school first wave style Pentecostal the churches are more similar to the Baptist one pictured.
Nice video. As a Catholic I must say Saints have nothing to do with authority. They are examples, they are helpers, they are venerated. We pray for them and they pray for us. But they are not authoritative, they are family.
He's projecting his own preoccupations when thinking of Catholicism onto the art of the church and then confusing it with the objective reality of Catholics' preoccupations when building/making art. We literally keep Christ inside the Church at all times and keep our doors open so that everyone has access to him all the time. The idea that saints are about authority is absurd. Catholicism is very folk. They think everything is about the Magisteriu just because it's THEIR biggest gripe with us and that's what THEY see (project) when they look at the church. This video is absurd.
@@AuthenticityVeritas I was gonna say, he seems to think Catholic = gothic
What about the Catholic cult of Mary?
Protestants don't "do" Mary.
@abrahamdozer6273 Glad you asked.
There is distinction between Latria (to God), Dulia (to angels and saints) and Hyperdulia (to Mary). Only Latria is worship. The others are veneration, respectful forms of prayer.
You must also understand that prayer is not the same as worship:
Because worship requires a sacrifice, and no one is sacrificing anything for Mary or the Saints. Worship means service (to our God through a sacrifice).
Christ in the cross was the sufficient sacrifice which we accept when we become Christians. He is the only one who was sacrificed therefore the only one who is being worshipped.
A protestant would ask, why venerate? Even if it's not equal to worship, isn't Christ enough? Yes, Christ is enough! Catholicism does not say Mary or the Saints are necessary for salvation! However Mary and the Saints DO help immensely, because they keep us in Jesus' path.
A protestant usually says: Aren't they acting as mediators? The Bible says "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus".
And this is correct! Jesus is the only mediator between God and men. Jeus IS the only way to the Father.
Catholics however recognize Mary and the Saints are ways from the people TO JESUS. We all get to know Jesus in many ways with the help of many people. From prophets guiding the masses, missionaries helping to spread the Lords's word, preachers and monks and priests, and even common people simply praying for us. It's a big family and they ALL help us stay in the path that is Jesus. They are NOT replacing Jesus' role nor offering salvation. This is why you should not lift false testimony about what any of them pretend to do. It's a family of followers, and we are asked to be as one, without division or hate.
To better understand Mary's role, know that it is one of simple piety and growing from love. And that she always acts through asking Jesus. This can be seen in John 2:1-11 (at the Wedding at Cana):
Mary tells Jesus "They have no wine," and Jesus replied, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come." His mother then said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you". And He helped them.
Here Mary interceded for the earthly misfortunes of regular people, and Jesus listens to her even when it was not part of God's divine plan. She in return asks people to do what Jesus says.
It is simple Christian piety, Mary takes pity on the misfortunate and asks Jesus for help, and He is willing to listen and offer grace even beyond his plan. Because of the love of our mother.
If you want, I can further explain more about Mary.
@@neochris2 I'm Presbyterian, myself.
You know it's actually sad that the trademark byzantine arquitecture of churches which is based on the Hagia Sophia is actually associated with mosques
There are many designs for the mosques. But to be fair Islam is much more simpler mosques shape don’t really matter it’s just a place to pray together
@@lightmohamed5700 I'm not so sure about that tho. Usually when people think of a mosque they think of an ottoman style mosque, which is a direct copy of byzantine arquitecture. It's for a reason that this 🕌 is even the emoji for a mosque
To be fair. The Hagia Sophia was a Byzantine church first. The Ottomans took Constantinople, renamed it Istanbul, and turned the biggest and most beautiful of the Christian churches, the Hagia Sophia, into a mosque. Partly out of architectural envy, and partly as a brazen display of dominance.
So if mosques look like old Byzantine churches, it's because they're based on the biggest Ottoman mosque, that used to be the biggest Byzantine church.
@@jameshobbsiv4040 if muslims claim that the hagia sophia is a mosque then they have no right to complain about Palestine getting it's land "stolen" by Israel
Mosques came along much later and were inspired by the Byzantines. They were obsessed with Eastern Rome.
I'm so happy to be a Catholic. We have so many different architectural styles. Gothic, Baroque, Byzantine, Romanesque, along with the more humble Churches and Monasteries.
I (Protestant) was recently invited to partake in the Holy Thursday Mass with my Catholic friends. The church it was held at was given a dispensation to have the altar in the center of the room, with two rows of pews facing the center. They also had a special crucifix with an image of Christ on both sides. It was beautiful, and I would gladly return in the future.
Indeed!
@@hismajesty6272I also attended mass twice so far and it is beautiful, though I don't see in what way it has anything to do with Christ and his teachings. The Catholic Church has no aspects of Discipleship. I say this with all due respect, the traditions are beautiful, but traditions nonetheless, not actual Christianity (meaning being a follower of Christ).
@@Zeptus1488Well, we have 2 readings for old and new testaments, then, the gospel comes, then, the consecration of the Eucharist, very biblical.
Have an amazing Easter everyone!
It is Maundy Thursday.
Den Brucker
Where I am its Maundy Thursday
@@jacobpottage6938 bruh most people are watching this tomorrow, cut me some slack
Amen!
I'm a baptist so I do prefer a building that reflects humility and simplicity. however I very much like to visit other denominational churches. beautiful in their own way.
I'm a former Baptist. I left the area because I grew to despise its forced doctrines as I grew up. It seems to me that Baptists churches are just an excuse just being lazy.
Im Slovak Catholic Baptized in Greek Catholic Church. But I currently attend a Roman Catholic church
where the hell did you find a greek catholic church in Greece. Btw i am evangelical in Greece
My mother is from Slovakia and I had the pleasure to visit Slovakia last fall for the first time. I stopped by a Greek Catholic Church when in Spišská Nová Ves. It was very beautiful and I loved the mosaic and icons they had. I feel truly blessed to be a part of the Catholic Church.
@@hamza-j9n "Greek Catholic Church" is the eastern Catholic rite in Slovakia, it's in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and believe the Pope has authority over the Church just like Roman Catholics, and in general believe in all the things Roman Catholics do and even practice praying the Rosary, but they have Orthodox aesthetics and liturgy.
@@CommiePastrami Nice, I'm from the city you mentioned, we also have a beautiful Roman Catholic Church here, not far from the Greek Catholic one (which is breathtaking)
@@NinaJ7 Áno. I saw this one too. I wanted to go in, but unfortunately it was locked. I only got pictures of the outside, but the building was very pretty and in a very good spot in the city.
For anyone wondering why people don't build beautiful churches anymore, it's mostly because most of society today is completely irreligious, forcing dedicated Christians to build their own independent houses of worship which of course aren't going to receive any funds except what the congregation can save up together.
i guess it just depends on where you live i live in a major city not saying which 1 but there are plenty of new beautiful and big churches here
Kind of hard to invest hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars into a church building that could take many, many years to finish, rather than repurposing an existing building and using the saved money to fund the various charities and outreach ministries a church may have.
That's assuming the church can even afford said fancy structure to begin with
We don't build any beautiful buildings though. Its not just churches.
It’s not just churches, people don’t build barely any beautiful buildings anymore period. It’s called capitalism, that’s why they build houses out of wood instead of brick in America. And maybe if Christians stopped leaving the religion, and also focusing on tradition, they would build beautiful churches again. But instead you sit and complain and blame
That and it's way more practical to hire a modern architect to build an aesthetically dull but perfectly functional church building than trying for something ostentatious that'd have massively higher labor and material costs, on top of being harder to maintain.
I'm non denominational because i believe that i can go to church like Catholic's, listen to the gospel like Lutheran, be a tradition Christian like Orthodox, study the bible like presbyterian, i have experience with God like Pentecostal, pray to God like Anglican, and have a personal relationship with God like a Baptist
I agree.
I'm also non-denominational because I believe that denominations as a concept detract from the actual purpose of Christ's church: A group of believers unified in their faith working to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ around the world to the lost.
I just got home from mass in a church built around 1100. The church is like a mix between catholic and Lutheran, with it being largely simple but still has pictures and icons. Love how I was just admiring the architecture and now come home to see this video
That sounds beautiful
As an American I wish I was as lucky as you to go to mass in a 900 year old church. That would be amazing.
Something a lot of people don't seem to appreciate or understand today is that a plain, simple building can still be beautiful if it's done right. Lots of old country churches around the country are very plain and simple, yet they're still very beautiful.
Thanks for this comment, even as a Catholic, I see the beaty in (almost) all of these types of churches, the feeling of holiness can come from many different things, including humility and simplicity :). Although I draw the line with contemporary Non-denominational and Pentecostal churches, those have always felt devoid of holiness and more like a watered-down version of pop-culture, sadly
I wouldn't say Pentecostalism is "all about" or centered around experience, feelings or atmosphere. I have been to many Pentecostal churches and this haven't been true for any one of them. Sure, there are some examples of "emotionalism" in quite many churches, but this does not represent the movement as a whole. Pentecostalism is all about letting the Spirit work freely and not rejecting God's continuing work through Himself and through us through the Spirit, it is a movement centered around mission, not emotions. Many Pentecostal churches sings hymns and are not at all concerned with lights or upbeat music. If you would have said it is "generally" like this, then I would have let it slide, but you put it forth as a fact.
I have heard them in Pentecostal churches screaming, convulsing, falling to the ground, trembling, speaking unintelligible words in a state of agitation and chaos, and saying that the Holy Spirit has descended upon them. Do all of them do this or a small percentage of them?
@@Holy-y5k I have actually never witnessed any of this, only a few times people have fallen to the ground while people was praying for them, but that was not in a meeting, it was rather an independent gathering inside the church walls. However, in the Pentecostal movement there is a problem in many churches regarding emotionalism, but this shouldn't define it as a whole. Although it generally is more lively and more shouts of "Amen!" and "Hallelujah!" in Pentecostal churches, most are not centered on feelings and emotions. The Spirit gets to work freely, and the gifts of tongues and prophecy, etc is not looked down upon. The center of Pentecostalism is relationship with God and mission, I'm not very good at most other denominations, but I think Pentecostalism is most closely a blend of Baptism, Methodism and Spirit led charismatics. Many confuse Pentecostalism with Neopentecostalism, and while there are some blend in some congregations, they are two different things, although both can absolutely include true, born again Christians.
I am not sure which Pentecostal churches you have attended, but yea I think most non-Pentecostal people would describe their services as an "emotional experience" which is not a bad thing. I think every denomination uses arts in one way or another to evoke emotion during service but Pentecostals do seem to amplify sounds and movement more than others similar to how Orthodox and Catholic Christians amplify visual cues.
@@Holy-y5k that sounds really demonic honestly, the holy spirit don't do these things. don't be decieved by the charismatic counterfeit
this type of Charismatic nonsense stuff with non-denominational and most Pentecostals, feels and looks so far off from the usual worship of the true triune God where God instructs us with how he like to worship in hymns in Psalms.
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Didn’t the pope once said all religions lead to God? (How is that based?) But Jesus said ‘I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me’?
@@benz8681 Jesus is humanity’s only hope to salvation, why is this difficult for the Pope to articulate? He makes it so vague, open to interpretation, and fuzzy. He seems to do this a lot. I don’t know where this doctrine of God’s submissive will is in scripture, but I know Jesus says that He is the way the truth and the life. Does God really have a ‘permissive will’? Is God sending Jesus to save the world while somehow having a ‘submissive will’ based? God doesn’t have a submissive will, there are liars, those who believe in lies, and there those who believe the Truth.
@@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis Closest thing I think he said somewhat officially on this was the document on Human Fraternity:
This Document upholds the following:
• Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the right to freedom of belief and the freedom to be different derives. Therefore, the fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected, as too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept;
You can see in context he is talking about freedom, but it did raise eyebrows when he lumped in religion with things which are innate: color, sex, race, seeming to suggest that what religion you have is an innate characteristic, and thus impossible to change (and imprudent/immoral to seek to have changed in another).
In later comments, he clarified he was talking about permissive will (voluntas permissiva):
Because there are many religions, and why are there many religions? Along with the Muslims, we are the descendants of the same Father, Abraham: why does God allow many religions? God wanted to allow this: Scholastic theologians used to refer to God’s voluntas permissiva. He wanted to allow this reality: there are many religions. Some are born from culture, but they always look to heaven; they look to God. But what God wants is fraternity among us and in a special way, this was the reason for the trip, with our brothers, Abraham’s children like us, the Muslims. We must not fear differences. God allowed this.
Still, the inclusion of permissive will here doesn't completely make his own view clear; though it does helpfully leave the door open to a belief that religious diversity is bad, and God permits it still for good ends (which would be the orthodox reading).
@@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis he has repeatedly. Speaking at morning Mass at the Santa Marta residence in 2016, Pope Francis on Monday urged the faithful not to seek salvation through anyone but Jesus alone, because he is the only way into heaven.
"The Lord thus clearly says: you cannot enter eternal life by any entryway that is not the door - that is not Jesus," the Pope said during his April 18 homily, according to Vatican Radio's translation. "He is the door of our life - and not only of eternal life, but also of our daily lives."
If we do not make decisions "in the name of Jesus" - who is the door - we attempt to do so through a "smuggler's hatch," he said.
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0:40 honestly, this church looks great. Simple but great. Beautiful wood ceiling and arches, simply love it.
It is not
@@henrikvalborgland4556 why not? Thats a good looking room imo
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I think you mean 0:45
@@JP-rf8rr you are right, i made a typo.
Yeah I like too that’s what most Baptist church looks like
To be fair most catholic Churches here start just with a simple palm roof in a donated plot from a neighborhood and a few wooden stools piled up in the corner with hope nobody steal them.
And after that it becomes a decades long process to make a temple suitable enough to be considered a parish and not just a chapel.
And in most cases is the community itself the one who helps to build it by donations and hand work.
A few months ago my local church finally got a proper door and it was an absolute milestone for the community.
And just like that another church in another neighborhood had not even roof and spent years doing services in the middle of a construction site until the temple became the proper aesthetic of a catholic church.
Yeah, that’s how it went for my parish.
same here, in the 8 years I've gone to my church it's went from a glorified storage building to a proper, holy, iconography filled Catholic Church where you feel the presence of God around every corner and in every inch of the place
Everyone saying “Pizza Hut churches” let’s not forget how Wesley and Whitfield weren’t allowed into those pretty buildings and were made to preach in the streets. Or how the UMC punishes and replaces conservative pastors. Or how the early Christians used to and the persecuted Christians in China currently gather into houses. John Knox’s stunning cathedral in Edinburgh allows lesbians to preach and they’ve turned his grave into a parking spot.
Pretty buildings are nice and we should defend what institutions we have. But at the end of the day I’d rather worship God truthfully in a cave than give Him empty ceremony or listen to a transvestite blaspheme my faith from the altar.
YES SIR. this is what i have been saying
Thanks for this video RZ! As a Catholic I would also say that our Church is not just Authority but also to show beauty of our salvation of our Lord and making Heaven as it is on earth ❤ God bless
An Anglican priest explained to me the significance of the stained glass in traditional English churches and it's incredibly powerful. The entire story of the Bible presented in artwork is truly captivating, and the rood screen with John the Baptist and Mary connecting the Old and New Testament is powerful.
In my opinion, Catholic, and I assume Orthodox, design has more to do with the fact that their buildings are temples where actual sacrifices are offered. The space, then, should befit the sacrifice.
Absolutely
The core concept is that in the Divine Litergy, the Church Militant participates with the Church Triumphant in Heaven. That is one of the the reasons we have Icons of Angels and Saints on the walls and iconostasis. It is modeling what is seen in passages like Revelation and Isaiah. And you are right about it being designed because it is a temple. The idea is that the Tabernacle was modeled after Heavenly worship. The first and second Temples followed the same pattern. The is the pattern Orthodox churches follow. If you are interested, I would suggest Jonathan Pageau's video on Sacred Architecture.
Edit, I don't want to be unchartiable, but I don't think he really understands the reasons behind Roman Catholic and Orthodox designes of Sacred Architecture. Correct me if I am wrong, but I assume the the reason for tall Cathedrals is to draw your eyes up to Heaven. I assume there are also deeper theological design choices as there are in the Orthodox.Where the design has symbolism from how the building is supposed to be in the shape of the cross down to pointing to the East.
@@mamaliamalak7825here in the Catholic sphere we have our "experts" who teach us that the banisters between sancturay and hall must be torn down to "1!mEet tHe peopl3!". I hope you Easterners at least keep yourselves immune to this rubbish
I would put it in a slightly more simple way. Icons in the church remind us that the saints and angels are present right here among us and co-participate with us in the divine liturgy. Because Orthodox believe that the earthly church is mystically uniting with the heavenly church during our worship.
Although, I totally agree with your reference to apocalypse symbolism. And the first commentator is right that the church reflects our theology. For us, it is, indeed, a holy space where mysteries are served/celebrated.
I’m a Protestant but I respect all denominations. But I love Orthodoxes, Catholics, Baptists, and Lutherans
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Exactly.
So many of the denominations spend all their efforts trying to tear each other apart over relatively minor disagreements that they're missing the entire point of the Church. To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and fellowship together in His name.
I just know there's going to be someone responding to this comment with some extremely aggressive/insulting comment about how one denomination or another is full of evil heretics.
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@@camerapasteurize7215 THIS!!! literally I believe were going to see more then one denomination In heaven, because we are all apart of Gods Church.
Amazing breakdown! Not only did you explain the physical aesthetic of the church, but you shared some deeper beliefs that affect the aesthetic.
0:04: I like that you used a church called Higher Vision. If you’re gonna open a non-denominational church, you must give it a name that could cause someone to confuse it for a marijuana dispensary
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Great job explaining the motive behind the different aesthetics of the denominations without putting anyone down. As a Lutheran, your explanation on our churches was very spot on.
My current church is renovated from an older church whose congregation dwindled to basically nothing so they donated it to our church (which at the time was meeting in school auditoriums) and my gosh... it was just a bunch of random square structures that were stuck together, and it was NOT up to fire code. Luckily we were able to update it and clean it up, and it's a very welcoming environment nowadays. It's still sort of a weird layout with some ugly structures, but at least now it looks nice and inviting.
I think you're spot-on with your interpretation of non-denominational churches, non-denominationalism theologically is a marriage between Pentecostals and Baptists (for the most part, some churches lean more Pentecostal and others more Baptist) they inherit the idea of having a more personal relationship with God from the Baptists, while also inheriting the need to be spiritually active and alive from the Pentecostals. Most non-denominational churches want guests to be welcome and foster a sense of community, so there are lots of large windows and sitting areas.
Personally, to me what a church looks like visually is icing on the cake. I like traditional, ornate architecture but I know not every church can be some big historic church, and not every church has that kind of money. I mostly care about the teachings of the church. I don't dislike the more contemporary style (I do think the corporate department store-esque style should be avoided by churches if at all possible, though) but it can be improved on, such as adding more interior arches, more stained glass, and more architectural details that make it clear that this is a church and not a fancy convention center. The college I'm going to has this really cool chapel that they hold weekly services in, and I do like the architectural style, it's elegant yet reserved, and modern yet traditional.
I really appreciated how you explained the values and styles of different denominations without making fun of any of them. So many Christians can’t help but make jabs when taking about traditions other than theirs, but you were very respectful in your portrayal of them without resorting to mockery and strawmen.
I deeply thank you for your ecumenical work!
but in Catholicism, statues don't remind the authority but the holiness of saints
@@GlobeMartin Surely authority comes with that, no? Is it not wise to listen to one who is holy?
@El-Harto Fair enough. I suppose there isn't an 11th commandment that says "Thou shalt not err in thy theological doctrines."
@El-HartoHave you talked to a lot of trad Catholics? Because while I’m not trad myself, most of my Catholic friends are and your description of them here is way off base.
@@Jupiter__001_ Yes, but the emphasis of statues is more of a reminder of the saints' lives and holiness than their authority. After all, for someone to be canonized, they already have to have died.
Baptists (SBC especially) also spend a ton of our budget on overseas missions. I love the pretty buildings of the lutherans and anglicans, but when it comes down to stained glass or one more missionary to the lost, the windows can wait. But seriously though my brother baptists, colorful paint doesn't cost more than beige.
Props to RZ for not bashing contemporary style but actually speaking of it in a way that conveys it still has value. Of course I think there’s a balance to be struck contemporary in moderation is ok but tradition should still be upheld.
I could sense the contempt in your voice when you said "active, alive, and relevant".
Hey, we Catholics have the most decorative Bibles too! Have you ever seen a bishop hold his up before the Gospel reading? That things gold.
I feel very honoured that you used a picture of my church (Jesuitenkirche Mannheim) as an example for an ornate and beautiful church at 0:49
JESÚS CHRIST is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
My church rents a school hall for regular worship because we broke as hecc lol
My Presbyterian church is very simplistic in nature. Plain walls like you said. Two paintings of Jesus. And it’s a very large sanctuary.
Story goes when the first built the larger church (a smaller one had existed prior) it was more ornate and extravagant to an extent. But the night before they were gonna hold their first Sunday service it burned to the ground in a fire.
The congregation took that as a sign from God they were being too flashy, so when they rebuilt the place they toned it back on the décor.
I would say for ortodoxy it isn't just tradition, but closes to god. They are supposed to feel welcoming, holy, frendly and beautiful. I love your videos, but you seem to get ortodoxy wrong and repeat some misunderstanding or you don't show full picture. I love your channel but I just tought you need to pay a bit more attention to this.
This! He's doing the same for us Catholics, taking his own impressions of what he finds distinctive about the various traditions from his apologetics and then crudely projecting them onto areas they have nothing to do with.
A better take is that the churches reflect the different emphases about what's taking place in there. Catholic and Orthodox emphases on the Eucharist as a true, ATEMPORAL sacrifice that participates in the heavenly worship, is reflected in different ways. In the West, the taller churches tended to emphasize the attention being drawn up to heaven, and feels somewhat more masculine. In the East, it tended to be the opposite (heaven brought down to earth, in a way) and feels somewhat warmer/more maternal. But both are essentially trying to depict this belief that heaven and earth are meeting in the Church's worship, or to inspire or invite the believers to participate in this "drama." Even the liturgies are the same, with the Gregorian feeling more "drawing mind UP to heaven" and the Eastern feeling like "drawing heaven DOWN to earth".
He then reduces them to "authority" and "tradition" because that's what HE thinks about when he thinks "Catholic" and "Orthodox." Even claiming that SAINTS are about authority? Or just to emphasise Tradition? Absurd. I know it's not deliberate but it's honestly very annoying.
Your content is so informative, despite not being a Christian I love hearing this stuff to know more about it.
Join a church if u havent already where you can learn even more
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Inspiring Philosophy, The Counsel of Trent and My man Redeemed Zoomer.
My Pentacost does not look like that 😐. The Pentacost that I go to has a traditional look, like the Lutheran church. And we sing older hymns. Also we have no Icons or images of God.
Thank you for including the Quaker church again!
I go to a baptist church, and the worship music is a mix of new/contemporary style and old/traditional hymns that appeal to our older members (both music styles are beautiful, though). The only thing that changes is the rhythm, of course. We clap on some, and some raise their hands on the slower music. Additionally, we don't have any pictures of saints. We don't even have crosses nor Jesus on the cross for that matter, the church is very simple but beautiful, we only have floral decorations, and yes, our relationship with Christ is one of the most important things, but we do know that salvation is nos obtained through any deed, rather it was given by grace alone by Jesus' sacrifice, and we believe in the trinity of course. But yes, as the years go by, the church stays relevant, and our pastors cover a whole bunch of topics, and we have very modern equipment (i.e. electric drumsets, a studio, keyboards, and electric pianos).
I like catholic, orthodox and presbyterian. Methodist with the TV screens broke my heart.
What people don’t see, when attacking us catholics for putting up statues: we accept our weakness as humans - and the fact we need visual aid to be able to visualize things. It’s not idolatry. It’s accepting the human weakness. Taking all of that out and saying you don’t need it, could be seen as priding yourself to be a better christian than others. Hope you appreciate a fresh angle on the topic.
My Church’s building was reconstructed in the early 1900s from the original building. We have a quite beautiful church even though it is quite simple. (Southern Baptist)
I think you might have a bit of a misunderstanding [1] of the range of Catholic architecture (there are very plain churches, especially in the tradition of many monastic orders such as the Cistercians or Carthusians, which are akin to the continental Reformed churches you depict - read Bernard of Clarivaux on simplicity of architecture and images in monastic churches), and [2] the theology of the architecture. The statues are icons, just like the Orthodox. The theology of those is to depict the 'great cloud of witnesses' around the worshipper, not so much their theological authority - they are devotional images to remind worshippers of the presence of the saints. And that fits overall into the church building which depicts not the bigness or authority of the Church. Gothic architecture is usually supposed to depict the New Jerusalem descending from heaven in the book of Revelation, with the Lamb on His throne. You can read the writings of the medievals who commissioned those churches to get their own self-stated aims. There were other models, however, such as the Romanesque or Baroque, which aim at slightly different theological emphases.
This is going to sound harsh, and you’re probably going to hate me for this. But as a Catholic that’s a disappointing and dishonest explanation of Catholic architecture. We don’t prioritize authority over personal relationship with Christ. We don’t have statues to remind us of the authority of the saints. The church is a family. The Church is the family of the New Covenant in His blood (the Eucharist). But we each have a very deep personal relationship with God. We have statues to remind us of our fathers and mothers in faith who have gone before us who are truly present with us during mass. We have ornate structures and paintings to draw us into closer relationship with God, to help us contemplate Him. There was a study comparing different events in a persons lives. What converted more people than anything else? When they visit a beautiful church. More than being preached to. More than being invited to a Bible study. More than praise and worship music or community. It’s an encounter with God through beauty. Catholic architecture communicates God’s beauty, majesty and transcendence. It is truly available to us at all times, but especially in the Mass and in the Church
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The baptist church I go to is the perfect combination of awe Inspiring and comfy, just like Jesus himself
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In my Pentecostal Church (Assemblies of God in particular) is actually a mix between Baptist and Pentecostal with the stage mostly being the only Pentecostal visual attribute associated with the church.
As a Catholic, when I go to other churches, I'm mostly struck how central the PEOPLE are to the faith. I've certainly been to poor, tiny Catholic churches, but even in those the emphasis is never on the people. The images, the words of the mass, all emphasis is on our effort to represent our worship of God. In other churches, I cannot escape the feeling that I'm supposed to be worshipping people.
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Methodist churches can span a wide variety of architectural design. Some could be mistaken for gothic Anglican churches, while others can be very low church.
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As For Adventism since I'm a Seventh day Adventist. that was not Mentioned in the Video, I hope you can post it like What Adventist Church Look Like in 1844?
There was a church in the holy land that had the altar in the center of the church and it was the basis for the design of in the round churches. A church in Rome has that design.
this is a good video but I don't think that your treatment of Catholics is as monolithic in reality-
there is a great difference between the size, statues, and architecture of cathedrals (which you address) and parish churches and chapels, which are much smaller and more intimate- there's also a scale of grandeur in the mass, between a solemn high mass and a low mass as well.
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The church I go to as an aesthetic somewhere in between Baptist and non-denominational. I grew up in an Assembly of God Church that for most of its existence had an aesthetic that looked more like a Baptist one, and now looks a little bit more like the way you described Pentecostal churches, though no smoke machines yet.
You're wrong about Anglicans valuing unity over doctrinal purity. It's more that we view the only pure doctrine to be the faith of the early church as professed via the creeds. To require a christian to believe anything beyond that, especially if the scriptural support for it is reasonably disputed (be it a faith-alone view of salvation, a calvinist view of predestination, or the total authority of the pope), is what we view as heretical.
I noticed my "United Methodist Church" is now just "Methodist Churc". Is there a chance you could do a video explaining that? Ive been away for 14 years and i just came back to my childhood church. Its all blue now. Not red. It was startling.
Blue color wise or politically?
@KashMonke color wise lol No longer a cross with a redflame flag but a cross with 3 rings intersecting.
There was a denominational split over the past two years and many more traditional churches in the United Methodist Church split and formed a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church. As part of the conditions for splitting, churches had to remove the red flame/cross logo of the UMC from their church buildings unless it was apart of the church’s architecture.
The logo for the Global Methodist Church is a blue cross with three blue rings intersecting behind it. The split primarily occurred over the issue of whether or not to allow gay marriages and clergy, the issue of the UMC denomination owning the buildings of individual churches ‘in trust,’ and the appointment and power of bishops.
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@jacobpike7698 thank you so much for this explanation!
A United Methodist Church in a town I used to live in became a Global Methodist Church.
Another somewhat near me in another direction seemingly became an independent church.
That one removed the UMC style cross and replaced it with a plain cross.
the penticostal church i belong to is actually beautiful, its not over the top but its also not a warehouse with foldable chairs like most penacostal churches
I unfollowed a while back because I dislike your divisive rhetoric but this video does a great job at promoting unity within our differences and not arguing correct or incorrect doctrine. Great vid, man.
Love to see my church represent the picture for presbyterianism🥹
Your demonstrations encourage me to listen to God
My favourite looking Western Church is La sagrada familia in Barcelona
Its a very beautiful one
As an artist this intrigues me. Thanks!
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If you truly believe and love Jesus Christ as your Savior, then you should convert from Hinduism to Christianity and be baptized as a Christian. You dont serve two masters at once u know. Im a Catholic and the First of the 10 Commandments of God is: I am the Lord, I am your God. You shall not have no other gods besides me. If you are a Christian, your prayers and offerings should directly only to the Christian God and not to some pagan gods.
I figured that when we got to Pentecostal churches, they'd be the massive screen, strobe lights, smoke machine, etc stuff.
Most small Pentecostal churches are basically just like Baptist churches. they're very simplistic and basically just like a big house. Heck, even a lot of larger Pentecostal churches don't have too many stimulating effects, from what I've seen. It really depends on the type of Pentecostal, as well as the target audience, I guess.
I have a question. What's your advice for Young christian man That are Waiting for marriage.
I am twenty two years old and i've never had a girlfriend or been In a relationship. With a girl( I'm Autistic so it has hindered my life for a very long time And it hindered me from going places to meet girls)
And I have always hated being a Virgin for a long time.And this has been going back-and-forth in my mind.For many year since I became a christian when I Was 15 years old. It Has drove me crazy over the years
I get so sick of being alone.
So sick of not being in a relationship. Even last night I just felt so empty. Inside and just wanted. To be in a relationship.
I really want God to help me out of this position in my life. There are so many things I want fixed
Don’t rush it brother. I have had a few partners and it makes you feel even more empty and depressed. It’s not worth giving into your fleshly desires. She will come along when the time is right. God will place her in your path when you least expect it.
My advice to you is force yourself out of your comfort zone and force yourself to socialize. It’ll be hard and scary at first but the more you do it the more you’ll get used to it
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To add on how Lutheran church design is shaped by our focus on the Gospel (as seen on the overview slide): in some regions in Germany, including mine, the pulpit is combined with the altar, located directly above it. That serves to represent how the Sacraments (performed at the altar) are connected to the Gospel (interpreted from the pulpit).
I'm fond of Baptist and Qauker church's because I prefer the idea of spirituality and religion being more of a personal journey that you mostly take on your own. If God is real, then he's everywhere so I don't really see the point in making a place of worship too grand. But thats just me.
Orthodox churches look amazing though. I'd like to visit one someday.
But it's not an individual journey. To be a Christian is to become a member in the body of Christ. It's absurd for a finger to say to the heart "I don't need you, just me and the head is enough."
@@jdotoz Nah. I think that's silly.
You don't need to be apart of any club.
@@MoaRider read the bible and you will know that you have to be part of the church
@@MoaRider The authors of the New Testament books seem to think otherwise.
Not all Non-denominational churches have flashy, contemporary worship. The one I grew up in was primarily a piano and hymns with some newer music and a guitar. And by newer, I mean probably 80's contemporary, but I also went to the church from the late 80's until 2000. I get back there on occasion and things haven't changed much.
Thoughts on Maria de Agreda and her book Mystical City of God?
I am very skeptical of Pentecostalism because of the stimulation point. How do we know the experience is not from the stimuli during worship rather than actual experience from God? Very difficult to discern when the senses are artificially overwhelmed.
As a Lutheran I can say I was pleasently surprised to learn that oth Bach and Händel were Lutherans. I always thought they were Roman Catholics.
Bach converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism.
Bach's "Catholic Mass" is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written!
@@arturmonteiro8541 Bach's much less famous son converted, J. S. Bach remained a devout Lutheran his entire Life.
Something you should discuss sometime is the different types of worship music that each denomination uses and is known for.
And Church of Christ is Baptist without instruments, because God, being perfect, gave us naturally all the tools we need to worship him with; our voice and our hands.
2:52 In a lot of Lutheran churches, the baptismal font is eight sided because it's supposed to represent the eight people saved from the global flood in the ark, which is a type and shadow of baptism in the Old Testament. Ark imagery seems to be common in a lot of denominations' church designs. The Lutheran Church I go to now has that kind of aesthetic as did the Baptist church I spent a long time in before I converted to Lutheranism. Wesley's weird obsession with octagons might have something to do with that, but Idk, just my uneducated two cents.
It’s actually mostly because of aesthetics
Are your explanations more caricature, generalizations than reality? In growing up Seventh Day Baptist, I would say that we don't think churches can't be ornate at all. But in order to be ornate you probably need a ton of money which most Seventh Day Baptist Churches just don't have funds like that. Either way I appreciate your videos and I would invite you be in a "personal relationship" with me. 😉 Just doing what Baptist do. 🤣
This is your first video recently I haven't seen getting disliked bombed idk people are hating on your stuff so heavily
Give it less than 10 years and u will probably be able to do this again, with only 3 of the pics:
- The Catholic one.
- The Orthodox one.
And,
- The pentecostal one.
(for all the rest)
Why?
There a lot of Catholic Churches here in Brazil with a more modern style, almost like Pentecostal and there some Orthodox Chuches too.
Nah, the Nondenominational/Pentecostal/Baptist are the ones going away.
I have not heard someone so perfectly describe Baptist church buildings. thank you
Catholic architecture is supposed tot remind you of heaven, not necessarily the authority they have over you….
This. It's God's Kingdom. We want it to be built gloriously. Also the Saints are NOT authorities, they are basically family.
Yah, he did something similar to the Orthodox groups. Just some bad assumptions without taking the time to actually look up the reasons for Catholic and Orthodox design choices.
@@neochris2 Some of them do have authority through their writings.
@@jdotoz One could say that, but not because they are saints per se.
@@neochris2 That's true.
Not sure if on purpose but at 2:18 the picture shown is an actual university building not a church
I think he was comparing the university to a church
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I hope to convert when I become an adult.
When I went to an Anglican Cathedral for the first time in Winchester, England, I was in absolute awe of the majestic architecture and sacred atmosphere; almost as if I truly was in the House of God. The worship service was beautiful too that puts modern Christian music to shame.
I love the Anglican church
I grew up Episcopalian and went to Catholic school. I am now a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
LDS is heresy. Get out of there, please.
As a pentecostal there is a large spectrum of churches like my current church is literally an old Wesleyan church so it very traditional. Brown wood seats pulpit you have to walk up too🤣🤣.
Honestly, as an Anglican, I love being via media, it allows for so much difference in thinking and that promotes intellectualism and debating. Personally my church was first built in the 1200s, and I love it
I'm agnostic but I very heavly lean Anglican Christian 😊
@@alfieingrouille1528 Honestly, would recommend it, we've got the whole 'Anglican Communion' thing, very international
4:13
"Nondenomintional" woops...
I like the video and you summarised very well many intentions behind churches architecture. I would say, though, that it is hard to put "Catholic architecture" in one basket, as it has been around for millennia and has changed styles quite a bit: your remarks might work well for gothic and baroque style, for example, but not so much for Romanesque style, with low ceilings, thick walls, very bare inside.. very "monastery like".