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In Catholicism a cathedral is where a bishop presides, as opposed to other parish churches where the priests are not bishops. Usually a cathedral building is a larger, but there are also large church buildings that are not cathedrals.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause it is the Seat of a bishop. Kathedra = Greek for seat or chair.
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Why do you have cathedrals?
so we can go to mass
How did the use of arches change cathedrals?
They allowed cathedrals to have more windows. They allowed cathedrals to become taller.
Why did people of the middle ages spend so much time and money to build cathedrals and palaces?
Cathedrals and palaces were sources of pride, and building them provided many decades of employment.
Why are cathedrals in France mostly in the north?
There are cathedrals in the south as well as in the north.
Why were kings and noblemen so keen to build churches and cathedrals?
because the church was powerful.
Why were so many of the cathedrals called Notre Dame (Our Lady)?
They were named after the Virgin Mary
Why were so many of the cathedrals called Notre Dame your Lady?
They were named after the Virgin Mary
When was False Cathedrals created?
False Cathedrals was created on 2000-08-22.
When was Two Cathedrals created?
Two Cathedrals was created on 2001-05-16.
What do Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals have in common?
they both are cathedrals and their building structures are similiar
Why did the Gothic cathedrals include flying buttresses?
These cathedrals include flying buttresses to help spread out the weight of the vaults.
Why were cathedrals in medieval times built so big?
Cathedrals were big in the middle ages, as the people of the town doated money to the monks to contribute to building their cathedrals so that the monks could pray for them, they were also big to hold all of the monks inside it.
