CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
Chartres Cathedral - the Medieval Stained Glass
Posted on 10/24/2015 2:00:54 PM PDT by NYer
How long before the Mohammedan “immigrants” blow it up?
Alas, 7 years in Germany and I never made it to Chartres.
How can cleaning up and restoring such a beautiful and magnificent building cause such a fuss....?
Cleanliness is next to Godliness is the saying....
Clean it up and restore it before the it’s turned into a stable by the invading Muslim hordes...
I was an Atheist when I visited the Chartres Cathedral in July 1993 and became a Christian less than two years later. I was really impressed with the Cathedral, it was the first time I actually felt reverence for anything other than my own pursuit of pleasure. That little spark kept growing until I was finally engulfed.
Would be interesting to see the original architectural drawings. I wonder if they exist?
The rehabilitation shall finish just in time to turn it into a mosque....
Of course, a lot of the restoration shall have to be reversed, to allow for upgrades. Consider the fate of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (or is it Instanbul?) Great museum, I hear.
See what the Islamic religion did for the Temple of the Mount in Jerusalem.
What a wonderful story.Thank you!
I would love to hear more....
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness is the saying....’
That is a Protestant saying.
——“Cleanliness is next to Godliness is the saying....’——
——That is a Protestant saying.——
So Catholics prefer to be dirty...?
Got to admit that your remark is just about dumbest comment ever posted...
What an amazing testimony!! I visited the cathedral in 1985. Still recall seeing the steeples rising in the distance as we drove along the A11 highway. Amazing!
Check out Rick Steve's video posted above in comment #4. He explains how the unique architectural design allowed for larger stained glass windows which were used to instruct people in the faith. I also posted a key to the windows in post #1.
Welcome home!
With Israel now arming up in response to the knife incidents, could there be a major “house cleaning” in the making?
Some attribute the remark to John Wesley, so I think that's why Fai Mao said it was a Protestant saying.
However, some attribute it instead to a proverb used by second century rabbi Phinehas ben Yair, so I think the origin is up in the air.
‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’ is a pseudo-scriptural reference used by parents to get their children to take bathes. I don’t think there is any Protestantism or Catholicism about it.
Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia
H’mmm 2nd Century Jewish proverb? Why not. See also my post # 17.
I doubt if the plans still exist. No doubt there were initial plans of some type, but with medieval churches being built over a couple of hundred years, if on a ‘rush’ schedule, there were probably many changes and lost copies.
And I’m sure Fr. Esser made a comment about that during our Art History mandatory classes or in the medieval history class from Fr. Gerlach, but that was nearly 50 years ago and my memory banks are failing.
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