Church differences (continued)

Okay here is another installment to my church differences.

This one has to do with the way that the churches display images of God and the saints.

In the Catholic Church there are statues that signify different saints. From St Joseph to some of the minor saints. There are pictures of the church leaders and a cross with the Body of Christ hanging on the cross. In my church Our Lady Of Guadelupe, We have a mosaic of Our Lady Of Guadelupe on the alter to show our link to this portion of the church. Most churches in the Catholic faith have a crucifix prominant on the alter. One church that I went to had the cross hanging from the rafters of the gymnasium that they were using as a temporary church. There are also a set of the Stations of the Cross hanging on the walls of all the church.

Now to go to the oposite end of the spectrum. Here again I am comparing to the MCC Church. In this church there are no statues at all. The cross is just a plain wooden cross with no statue of Jesus on it. The Stained glass windows have only symbols of the church.. There are no photos of the leaders of the church. I have been to other churches like a Methodist, UCC and a Luthern church and these churches are the same as the MCC church in their no statue usage.

In my own church there are so many statues in this church that I do not think that we can fit any more in.

The next blog is about Music in the church.