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Współczesna architektura sakralna chrześcijaństwa środowiskiem ekumenicznej jedności wiary
The Contemporary Sacral Architecture of the Christianity as an Environment of an Ecumenical Unity of Faith

Author(s): Jan Rabiej
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: architektura sakralna; kościół; ekumeniczny; jedność wiary; liturgia; sacral architecture; church; ecumenical; unity of faith; liturgy;

Summary/Abstract: A genesis of Christian churches combines ideas: the Church – the God’s House (Domus Dei) and the Church – a home of worshipers (Domus Ecclesia). The essence of architectural creation is set by a church liturgy. A timeless-transcendent act of a liturgy takes place in a real environment of a believers’ community. Churches forms contain immutable elements – rooted in a liturgy, and values derived from conditions of time and place. Universalism and dynamism of the Church is reflected by an evolution of the sacral architecture of Christianity. Contemporary churches, which fit well into a term the “demythologized” Christian architecture, are an expression of ecumenical aspirations for an unity of faith.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 91-100
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish