6. Statement of Findings
6.1 St John’s Cathedral
6.1.1 Beliefs
Anglican beliefs are based on their sacred text, the Bible, which serves as a teacher and model. The Bible Anglicanism follows Christian tradtitions and beliefs, for example; One God, Jesus Christ, heaven and earth, the Holy Trinity (The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit), the Virgin Mary etc. This is made apparent in their Apostle's Creed which states clear beliefs such as "I believe in God, the Father Almighty", " in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord", "born of the Virgin Mary", "suffered under Pontius Pilate" and "I believe in the Holy Spirit".
6.1.2 History and Design
The design of St John's Cathedral is based purely on the principle of "Nothing but the best for our God" which automatically explains the elaborate architecture. Centered in the middle of Brisbane, the cathedral foundations were laid in 1901 and was partly completed in 1968. The final stage of construction was not finished until 2006. The massive neo-gothic styled cathedral takes great pride in its apprearence. Its long yet narrow layout and seventeen metre high ceiling ignites a feeling of intamacy with our God. In the thirteenth-fourteenth century, there was no electricity and therefore many windows had situated throughout the buliding to let light in. Througout the ages, stained glass windows have been used as an artistic, beautiful and magnificant way of creating a source of light and telling stories through the pictures formed buy the coloured glass. The Cathedral is built from sandstone and is constructed in a basilica shape with large sandstone pillars setting out the nave.
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