#Episcopal Cathedral

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia died in his sleep on September 20, 1947, of pancreatic cancer. He was 64. His funeral procession left the Cathedral of St. John The Divine on September 22. Although LaGuardia's father was Catholic and his mother Jewish, he himself was an Episcopalian.

Photo: Irving Haberman via IH Images/Getty Images

[archinform]

Open House Chicago 2024 - Day 1

October 19-20, 2024

Sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Center

Cathedral Hall, University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe Street

1909, Martin Roche, architect, Frederic Clay Bartlett, stained glass windows

Murphy Auditorium, 50 E. Erie Street

1926, Benjamin Marshall and Charles E. Fox of Marshall and Fox, architects

St. James Cathedral, Huron and Wabash Streets

1875, Edward Burling, architect

Lawson House, formerly Lawson YMCA, 803 N Dearborn Street

1931, Perkins, Chatten, and Hammond, architects; Edgar Miller, designer of the Chapel

[postcard-from-the-past]

Episcopal Cathedral of Manila, Philippines

American vintage postcard

[saywhat-politics]

If you're a Christian and what Bishop Mariann Budde said offended you, then Christ isn't the one you're following.

[abs0luteb4stard]

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives. The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love, and walk humbly with each other and our God, for the good of all people — the good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.”

[gaynglican]

I went to the Washington National Cathedral :)

[europeposts]

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Scotland, United Kingdom: Aerial view in autumn of streets and housing in the West End of Edinburgh.. Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east Scotland, and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in mid-2020, making it the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia

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𝔖𝔱. 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔶'𝔰 𝔈𝔭𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔭𝔞𝔩 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔩, 𝔊𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔤𝔬𝔴 © 𝔅𝔞𝔫𝔲

[imagodeiinitiative]

Budde, gave the sermon at the ecumenical National Prayer Service in her (and our) National Cathedral. The new administration and wives, present. Listen for yourself.

I think this is a profound example of the ecclesial speaking a different kind of truth to the political. Isn't that the best role of the Church in the political realm – holding the political to account and to their better selves, even in the face of the very human want for power, money, fame, and all those temporal tendencies of our human nature? (Likewise, the government holding accountable the church when it fails, at times horribly.) The geographical locations of the National Cathedral and the U.S. Capital buildings are purposeful.

The last few minutes (starts at 12:25) is what has gained the attention of the national media and what prompted the new president to say of the service, "...they could have done much better." Mercy. It is a powerful thing. Love, in its merciful expression, covers over a multitude of sins.

[crowdearest]

Fun fact, this church has a batman-esque silhouette from the north and its kinda huge so you can see it from downtown. Very ominous but very cool

[constance-mcentee]

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

I went to Grace Cathedral on Christmas, but didn't partake in communion because they adhere to the tradition of everybody sipping the Eucharistic wine from a common chalice. Yes, they wipe the chalice after every person, but I wasn't comfortable with that. So, I opted to receive a blessing instead of the Sacrament.

I didn't go this past Sunday because I wasn't feeling well. And I learned today that I have covid, so I'm REALLY glad I didn't go. Hopefully, I'll be well enough to go again by February. If the projections are accurate, I could go back in as little was two weeks, but I think I should play it safer than that. I might even wait until Lent.

The Episcopal Church in particular, and the Anglican tradition in general, seems to pride itself on the so-called Three-legged Stool of Scripture, Tradition, and Reason. In a world where the covid pandemic is still very much in progress, it's only the state of emergency that has ended, there isn't any Reason to the idea of adhering to the Tradition of the shared chalice. So long as this is the case in any church, I will refuse communion.

Reason knows when Tradition must retire.

Here ends the lesson.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Episcopal) in Morningside Heights, near Columbia University, August 1927. Although the work had been started in 1892, the building was still far from finished—and still is, nearly a century later.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[the-liberal-arts]

Bishop Mariann E. Budde delivering a sermon at a prayer service on Tuesday January 21 2025 at Washington National Cathedral / Doug Mills/The New York Times

Standing in the storied Canterbury Pulpit above the president on Tuesday, Bishop Mariann E. Budde was a little afraid.

GThe leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, she had planned for months to preach on three elements of unity — dignity, honesty and humility. But just 24 hours earlier, she had watched President Trump proclaim his agenda from the inauguration stage, as conservative Christians anointed him with prayer.

He was no longer just campaigning — he was governing, she thought. His nascent presidency and flurry of executive orders had so far encountered little resistance. She felt called to add a fourth element to her sermon: A plea for mercy, on behalf of everyone who is scared by the ways he has threatened to wield his power.

“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” said Bishop Budde, the leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.”

“The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals,” Bishop Budde said. “I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.” / NYT

[mrpagesfrontispiece]

Shoutout to Bishop Marian Budde!

I’m always so proud to be an Episcopalian every time she opens her mouth. What an excellent sermon for today’s service. It sort of reminded me of that scene in Bonhoeffer where the SS troops are sitting in a group near the front of the church they’re in and the priest tears into them with his homily. Because they’re both well written sermons, obviously. No other reason. I chose the movie at random.

[rabbitcruiser]

The American Revolutionary War officially ended with the liberation of Charleston on December 14, 1782.