{"id":10841,"date":"2014-11-21T01:21:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T06:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=10841"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:50:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:50:19","slug":"the-churches-of-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2014\/11\/21\/the-churches-of-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"The Churches of Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There was not world enough and time to visit all the significant churches in Vienna, not even all of the ones in the old city.  So we had to settle for a few.  Let\u2019s start with the one our friend and former student Christa Abhar took us to for a delightful Mozart Requiem concert\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>The name of this church is Karlskirche, and it was built by Franz Joseph the Emperor, who loved both Greco-Roman architecture and Christian architecture so he decided to mix the two together,  hence the weird two columns beside the entrance to this church which are modeled on Trajan\u2019s victory column in Trajan\u2019s forum in Rome!  Here is the latter\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk1-258x1024.jpg\" alt=\"kirk1\" width=\"258\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10842\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the front of the Karlkirche\u2026.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk2.jpg\" alt=\"kirk2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10843\"><\/a><br>\nThis is what happens when Emperors have far too much money and time on their hands, not to mention delusions of grandeur.  Needless to say, Franz Joseph had his own little triumphs on his columns, not those of Trajan.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk8.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk8.jpg\" alt=\"kirk8\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10845\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk3.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk3.jpg\" alt=\"kirk3\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10846\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk6.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk6.jpg\" alt=\"kirk6\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10847\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk5.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk5.jpg\" alt=\"kirk5\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10848\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk4.jpg\" alt=\"kirk4\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10849\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inside of the church is equally ornate, including a sunburst with the Hebrew name for God in its middle\u2014  YHWH!<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk12.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk12.jpg\" alt=\"kirk12\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10853\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk9.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk9.jpg\" alt=\"kirk9\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10850\"><\/a>  I\u2019m willing to bet the pulpit in your church doesn\u2019t look like this\u2026.<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk10.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk10.jpg\" alt=\"kirk10\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10851\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Nor the nave like this\u2026.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk11.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk11.jpg\" alt=\"kirk11\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10852\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nor a vaulted ceiling like this\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk13.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk13.jpg\" alt=\"kirk13\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10854\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concert was a treat (thank you Christa), played with original instruments and original sized orchestra as well, more like an enlarged string quintet.  Just outside you could buy some Christian art (and other sorts), if you liked\u2026.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk14.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk14.jpg\" alt=\"kirk14\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10855\"><\/a><br>\nThe first gigantic cathedral we visited was the closest to the main University buildings and was called the VotivKirche and it was simply massive with its neo-Gothic design and twin towers\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk15.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk15.jpg\" alt=\"kirk15\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10856\"><\/a>  God seems enormous and you seem totally dwarfed by this building. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk16.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk16.jpg\" alt=\"kirk16\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10857\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk19.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk19.jpg\" alt=\"kirk19\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10858\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk20.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk20.jpg\" alt=\"kirk20\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10859\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk21.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk21.jpg\" alt=\"kirk21\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10860\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk18.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk18.jpg\" alt=\"kirk18\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10861\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk22.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk22.jpg\" alt=\"kirk22\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10862\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk23.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk23.jpg\" alt=\"kirk23\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10863\"><\/a><br>\nWhat a different pulpit the Votivkirche has compared to the Karlskirche\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk25.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk25.jpg\" alt=\"kirk25\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10864\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are of course smaller churches in old Vienna, and here is one which is more famous for its crypt where the royal family is buried, than for the church itself\u2026 This was actually a Capuchin convent at New Market\u2026.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk27.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk27.jpg\" alt=\"kirk27\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10865\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk28.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk28.jpg\" alt=\"kirk28\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10866\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another gigantic cathedral is the Domschatz\u2026..<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk30.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk30.jpg\" alt=\"kirk30\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10867\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk32.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk32.jpg\" alt=\"kirk32\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10868\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk33.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2014\/09\/kirk33.jpg\" alt=\"kirk33\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10869\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk36.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk36.jpg\" alt=\"kirk36\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10870\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With this pulpit\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk38.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2014\/09\/kirk38.jpg\" alt=\"kirk38\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10871\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You frequently have to scratch your head and ask\u2026. how exactly did 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