Beautiful Calvinist Meeting Houses

[SinnerInTheHands]

After noticing the disturbing trend of including graven images of Christ and others within many American Presbyterian churches, I've decided to create this thread. Feel free to post any images of any beautiful Reformed / Calvinist / Presbyterian meetinghouses you know of, and I'll regularly post new pictures of some of my favorites. Some photos will only be exteriors, some will be only interiors, and some will be a little of both.

Only one rule in this thread: No graven images. Stained glass is fine, as long as it's patterned and doesn't feature images of humans / angels.

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden, Netherlands

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, New York

 

[High Fidelity]

I'm going to prospect Cambridge Presbyterian Church within the next couple months. I'll give you my opinions!

 

[JM]

Langley Chapel. Reformed Anglican.

 

[JM]

An article I wrote on The Controversy Over Icons and Images.

https://feileadhmor.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/icons-images-and-worship/

Reforming Church Architecture

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/reforming-church-architecture

Check out Reformed Church Architecture on facebook.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Langley Chapel. Reformed Anglican.

Interesting!

Today in North America we might think this is rather special and historic, as indeed it is.

When it was built, centuries back, it would have been thought of as utterly simple.

Customs change.

 

[JM]

I believe the chapel at Langley was Reformed after the iconoclast in England, not sure, but I believe it was a pre-tridentine Roman church. I would post a comparison but that would probably break the rules if this threads and the 2nd commandment.

Thomas Boston, "The Papists wipe their mouth, and say, they have not sinned, when they do not believe the image to be God, and do not terminate their worship on the image itself, but worship God in and by it. And when they have said this, what say they more than what the heathens had to say, and did say to the Christians of old? Did they believe that their images were the very gods they worshipped? Nay, they made many images of one god, as of Jupiter; and when they grew old, they cast them off, and got new ones. But did they change their gods? No, Jer. 2.11. Were not the Israelites abominable idolaters in the worship of the golden calf? Psalm. 106.19,20. Yet they did but worship Jehovah by it, Exod. 32.5. So Jeroboam's golden calves were intended but as means whereby to worship the true God, 1 Kings 12.26. So the calf-worship remained after Baal's worship was destroyed out of Israel by Jehu. The same was the case with Micah's idolatry, Judg. 17.13. and 18.6."

Thank God His Law doesn't change!

 

[JM]

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[JM]

Waddesdon Hill Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel

Bethal Strict Baptist Chapel

Hall Green Baptist Chapel

 

[JM]

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[riesie]

Interesting!

Today in North America we might think this is rather special and historic, as indeed it is.

When it was built, centuries back, it would have been thought of as utter simple.

Customs change.

Beautiful

 

[gord44]

Those old raised pulpits are pretty cool. Good pics lads!

 

[riesie]

Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Lovely

 

[riesie]

Beautiful

I agree faroukfarouk

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

Don't forget the no-graven-images rule outlined in the first post.

 

[tulipbee]

After noticing the disturbing trend of including graven images of Christ and others within many American Presbyterian churches, I've decided to create this thread. Feel free to post any images of any beautiful Reformed / Calvinist / Presbyterian meetinghouses you know of, and I'll regularly post new pictures of some of my favorites. Some photos will only be exteriors, some will be only interiors, and some will be a little of both.

Only one rule in this thread: No graven images. Stained glass is fine, as long as it's patterned and doesn't feature images of humans / angels.

Oh my! I'm an artist and y'all want me to paint in abstract art. I don't think so.

 

[JM]

Oh my! I'm an artist and y'all want me to paint in abstract art. I don't think so.

The Regulative Principles encourages art!

Calvin, the Arts and Worship

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

Free Presbyterian Church, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

Westerkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands