With churches specifically, move toward simpler architecture signified a move away from excesses and corruption (at least in theory).
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In the Reformation especially. I wrote a bit about the aesthetic issues around the anti-ornamentation modernist reaction in Mating Mind
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The picture on the right is from the Church of Light in Japan.
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Look at Sagrada Familia Barcelona! Beyond phenominal. Catholic vs Anglican churches is what you are witnessing here. Diference in messaging
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Genuinely asking: where in the Bible does it say that? Gabrielle's argument that God's work > symbols makes the most sense.
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You would also choose "poorly" in the last crusade
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Why indeed?! The Church went through an iconoclasm of its own, almost self deprecating.
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So the church's money could be spent helping the poor instead of building ornate cathedrals
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That's always the argument these days ex opposite is the truth:A church of splendor raises far more funds for the mission. See:
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