1. Sacred Places Sacred Spaces
Section 5
October 8,2018
Elias Franco
Manuel Ayala
Xavier Navarro
Yiyang Pan
Pedro De La Cruz

2. What is a Church?
The most sacred place for Christians
Where the community comes together for worship and fellowship
It also means a “gathering of people”

4. Architecture
The exterior architecture of a church does not always clearly tell the church denomination
Gothic style church may be, among others, Catholic, Anglican, or Presbyterian
An urban storefront church may be Lutheran, Assembly of God, or Catholic

5. How can we know the denomination of a church?

6. Interior of a church
The inside of a church is more telling about its denomination.
A church with an altar in the middle and a pulpit on the side tend to be Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, or perhaps Lutheran.

7. Statues Statues of Jesus, Mary, and saints are likely to be Catholic
If they are icons it is most likely to be Orthodox

8. Icons
Religious images or paintings that are traditional among many Eastern Christians

9. Protestant Churches Tend to be simpler in ornamentation like Orthodox
Some with just a pulpit in the center of the sanctuary

10. All Christian Denominations
Agree that how God is worshipped is more important than where God is worshipped
In times of wars, persecution, or natural disasters, Christians have worshipped in any type of building available
Outside in a meadow, forest, seashore, or desert

11. Holy Land
Most of the Holy Land is located in the present State of Israel
Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, Nazareth, where Jesus grew up, and the region of Galilee, where Jesus did much of his preaching, are especially sacred

12. Jerusalem Where Jesus preformed several miracles.
Healed the local people
Jewish people have lived in Jerusalem for more than 3,000 years.
In 1840, Jews became the largest ethnic group in Jerusalem

13. Other types of holy places
Sephoria, were the Virgin Mary spent his childhood
Syria
The River Jordan, site of Christ’s baptism
Sea of Galilee
Galilee

14. Quiz time!!! What is the name of this section?
What is the most sacred place for a Christian?
The _______ of a church is more telling about its denomination.
Where is the most holy land located?
In what year did Jews become the largest ethnic group in Jerusalem?
EC: What is Mr. Pan’s full name?