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Shapes of Future Church
Sacred spaces…the actual shapes of Church
or
What have buildings got to do with being church
anyway?
Pete Phillips, New Testament Tutor, Cliff College
Shapes of Future Church
“The nature of Christian worship is such that it does not of itself require any particular
architectural setting. It does not centre in a cult object, such as an image, that has to be protected within a shrine. It does not require a large item of liturgical furniture, such as a stone altar, that has to be housed in a special way. It can be and has been celebrated in a dining room, a hospital ward
or an open field. Nevertheless, throughout the centuries, it has had an architectural setting,
which has expressed the Christian understanding of worship. Hence the study of worship
historically cannot be divorced from a knowledge of the buildings in which it was conducted.”
Shapes of Future Church
Plan of a typical Hellenistic Temple, 1st Century AD
Outside view of typical Hellenistic Temple: The Erechtheum, Akropolis, Athens. 421 - 405 BC.
Shapes of Future Church
Plan of St Peter’s House and church, Capernaum
1st century = black
4th century = hatched
5th century = white
Shapes of Future Church
Plan of a typical Roman domus
Domus Ecclesiae
– the home of the church
The archetypal shape of church is fundamentally domestic
Shapes of Future Church
Plan of a typical Roman domus
T = Taberna (shop), A = Atrium (reception hall), V = Vestibulum
C = Cubiculum (small room), Cu = Culina (kitchen), Ta = Tablinum (study),
Tri = Triclinium (dining room), P = Peristyle (courtyard/garden), E = Exedra (garden room)
Shapes of Future Church
View from the street through the vestibulum to atrium, house of the tragic poet, pompeii
Shapes of Future Church
Parallel universe…
Graceway…
Spine…
Bread and breakfast…
Glenbrook community…