The Sacred and the Profane (Old blog moved to the right spot)

The Sacred and the Profane has pointed out a lot of things that I’ve never noticed involving churches and why they were built and set up they way they are. One of the most obvious structural designs of a church is the steeple, which until this last week I had never known why all churches had them. In class I learned that churches were designed with steeples because they’re going up towards heaven connecting heaven to earth. Another thing we went over in class was the way that most churches are designed on the inside. In the churches The Sacred and the Profane talk about the alter being to the east in the church being sacred and holy, while the west side of the church is darkness. Class on Tuesday made me also realize that every church I’ve been to has been set up the same starting with the back of the church, pews, then steps up to the alter, then the tabernacle.