...I thought people were confused/surprised there were masks in the crypt but from the comments people are shocked that a cathedral has a crypt? A of all, it's an architectural term. B of all, this is like being surprised a church has a graveyard attached. They go hand in hand.https://twitter.com/mboorstein/status/1242831985711755278 …
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Replying to @AlexandraErin
I've come to realize that a lot of Normal Catholic Things sound EXTREMELY Gothic to people who weren't "lucky" enough to be exposed to Catholicism as a child.
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Replying to @georgetakesajob @AlexandraErin
The National Cathedral isn't Catholic, it's Episcopal, but yeah this is all standard stuff for old school churches
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It comes to mind that people's surprise about this stuff shows that the ancient function of the church as the center of the community where all rituals related to life milestones (births, weddings, deaths) took place is over
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The US evangelical idea of a church, especially a megachurch, is just a concert hall where people go for shows and motivational rallies
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