Freda reflects - and this can also be our evening reflection -:
"Dreary was a church after the woodlands and hills and sounding sea. She still loved God - and was not the earth His work, and a church only man's?" (p. 177)
I essentially agree. Earth, sky and sea are our place of worship. But "God" is anthropomorphic - a person literally making everything? The reality that appears to itself as woodlands, hills and sea is THAT, not He. Or so I now think. However, no one's creed is identical with the whole truth.
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Kaor, Paul!
I disagree with Freda's thoughts about churches. The human desire for building churches to the glory of God, no matter how humble, is admirable and worthy of respect. And the precedent of God approving and blessing the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem inspired the building of countless churches, small and great. Such as Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome (and the current basilica) and the former Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
Moreover, in Catholic/Orthodox eyes, what truly sanctifies all consecrated churches is their use for the celebration of the Mass/Divine Liturgy. The most sacred parts of these churches are the altars where the Mass is celebrated and the tabernacle where the Reserved Sacrament is kept.
Since I do not believe in antisupernaturalism it is not anthropomorphic to call the Maker of the stars God.
Ad astra! Sean
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