Katedral

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Katedral São Paulo, suatu perwakilan katedral moden dibina dalam gaya Neo-Gothik.

Perarakan dalam St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Memphis, Tennessee.

Sebuah katedral (bahasa Perancis cathédrale daripada bahasa Latin. cathedra, "tempat duduk" daripada bahasa Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), tempat duduk, bangku, daripada kata "bawah" + hedra tempat duduk, dasar, kerusi) adalah sebuah gereja Kristian yang mengandungi tempat duduk (pejabat) seorang uskup. Ia merupakan sebuah bangunan keagamaan untuk penyembahan, khususnya suatu mazhab dengan tatatingkat keuskupan, seperti Katolik Rom, Anglikan, Ortodoks, dan sesetengah gereja Luteran dan Metodis, yang berkhidmat sebagai pejabat biskop, dan oleh itu sebagai gereja pusat kawasan uskup, persidangan, atau para uskup.

In the Greek Orthodox Church, the terms "kathedrikos naos" (literally: "cathedral shrine") is sometimes used for the church at which an archbishop or "metropolitan" presides. The term "metropolis" (literally "mother city") is used more commonly than "diocese" to signify an area of governance within the church.

There are certain variations on the use of the term "cathedral"; for example, some pre-Reformation cathedrals in Scotland now within the Church of Scotland still retain the term cathedral, despite the Church's Presbyterian polity that does not have bishops. The same occurs in Germany, where Protestant churches (many with a presbyterian or congregational polity) co-operate under an umbrella organisation, the Evangelical Church in Germany, with some retaining cathedrals or using the term as a merely honorary title and function, void of any hierarchical supremacy. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is often used as a designation for any large, important church.

Several cathedrals in Europe, such as that of Strasbourg, Essen, Freiburg i.B., and in England at York, Lincoln and Southwell, are referred to as Minster (German: Münster) churches, from Latin monasterium, because the establishments were served by canons living in community or may have been an abbey, prior to the Reformation. The other kind of great church in Western Europe is the abbey.

Lihat juga

Chartres Cathedral, France, a famous landmark which draws both pilgrims and art lovers.

• Senarai katedral
• Gaya seni bina katedral, basilika dan gereja abbey
• Tatarajah katedral
• Senarai bangunan gereja terbesar di dunia
• Senarai gereja tertinggi di dunia
• Senarai church naves tertinggi
• Basilica
• Senarai basilicas
• Duomo
• Minster

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Pautan luar

• List of all Catholic Cathedrals in the World by Giga-Catholic Information
• Cathedral - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Photos of English and Spanish Cathedrals
• A history of UK cathedral choir schools
• "Catedral" Documentary by Aliocha and by Alessio Rigo de Righi