{"id":20590,"date":"2015-11-09T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=20590"},"modified":"2015-11-09T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:17:41","slug":"is-there-a-template-for-the-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/11\/is-there-a-template-for-the-temple.html","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Template for the Temple?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Basilica of St John Lateran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

On this feast of the dedication of St John Lateran, my latest blog post<\/a> for National Catholic Register asks if there is a God given plan for church buildings<\/p>\n

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In the Scriptures we are called to be temples of the Holy Spirit, all of us are living stones built up into God\u2019s temple. The church is a temple built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Is there a theology of architecture? Are there any principles for a Christian church, or can you do what you want? Is Gothic or Romanesque or modern or baroque necessarily any better or worse? In fact, did you know there is a template for the temple in the Old Testament?<\/div>\n
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After all, if the Holy Scriptures are divinely inspired and some of the Holy Scriptures include plans for a temple, then maybe we ought to pay attention. The principles are laid down when God tells the Hebrew people to build first a tabernacle for their desert wanderings and then a temple which follows the same pattern.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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