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When the Christian duty to share the Good News is brought up, it is usually in the context of verbalizing something. Artistic works, however, can complement words or show the way to salvation even more clearly.
Indeed, when words fall short in explaining the glorious truths of the Catholic faith, visual artistry comes in quite handy. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states the following, quite notably, in the treatment of the commandment not to bear false witness: “Truth in words, the rational expression of the knowledge of created and uncreated reality, is necessary to man, who is endowed with intellect. But truth can also find other complementary forms of human expression, above all when it is a matter of evoking what is beyond words: the depths of the human heart, the exaltations of the soul, the mystery of God” (No. 2500).
Echoing the call of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism also states that “bishops, either personally or through delegates, should see to the promotion of sacred art, old and new, in all its forms, and, with the same religious care, remove from the liturgy and from places of worship everything which is not in conformity with the truth of the faith and the authentic beauty of sacred art” (No. 2503).
An increasing number of diligent architects and artists across the country have been called upon in heeding this instruction. From California to Massachusetts, numerous churches have been recently renovated or built from scratch in order to eloquently and engagingly evoke the eternal.
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Indeed, when words fall short in explaining the glorious truths of the Catholic faith, visual artistry comes in quite handy. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states the following, quite notably, in the treatment of the commandment not to bear false witness: “Truth in words, the rational expression of the knowledge of created and uncreated reality, is necessary to man, who is endowed with intellect. But truth can also find other complementary forms of human expression, above all when it is a matter of evoking what is beyond words: the depths of the human heart, the exaltations of the soul, the mystery of God” (No. 2500).
Echoing the call of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism also states that “bishops, either personally or through delegates, should see to the promotion of sacred art, old and new, in all its forms, and, with the same religious care, remove from the liturgy and from places of worship everything which is not in conformity with the truth of the faith and the authentic beauty of sacred art” (No. 2503).
An increasing number of diligent architects and artists across the country have been called upon in heeding this instruction. From California to Massachusetts, numerous churches have been recently renovated or built from scratch in order to eloquently and engagingly evoke the eternal.
Continued below.
There is a new movement in sacred architecture
From California to Massachusetts, numerous churches have been recently renovated or built from scratch in order to eloquently and engagingly evoke the eternal.
www.oursundayvisitor.com
