The church building where the liturgy is celebrated is the sign of her presence in the world. Recently church architecture in Korea displays a lack of understanding for the liturgy. As a result many problems arise in the liturgical and pastoral sense.... The church building where the liturgy is celebrated is the sign of her presence in the world. Recently church architecture in Korea displays a lack of understanding for the liturgy. As a result many problems arise in the liturgical and pastoral sense. The thesis, on this background, studies the church architecture under the aspect of liturgy and searches for a proper direction of church architecture. In the first chapter, this thesis studies understanding of temples in the biblical theology. According to the Old Testament, God is understood as dwelling in specific building, namely the Temple of Jerusalem. The New Testament, however, reveals that the real temple where God dwells is not specific building, but Jesus Christ, son of God who is incarnated. Each christian is living temple of the Holy Spirit(1Cor 6:19) and the Church in which the members gathered constitutes the Temple of God with Jesus Christ as the capstone(Eph. 2:19-22; 4:1-16). This thesis proposes that the starting point for designing a church should be that church community is the real temple and that God dwells in the midst of the assembly. The 2nd chapter deals with the historical understanding of church architecture. Practical reasons made it necessary for the early Church to build a 'house of the community(Domus ecclesiae)' for the celebration of the liturgy. After freedom of religion was granted in 313, “Domus ecclesiae” had also the meaning of 'house of God(Domus Dei)' in order to form the particular identity of the Church against pagan religion. Church building was understood as a building both serving at liturgy and signing symbol of Jerusalem, “civitas Dei”. After Medieval era, participation of laymen in the liturgy decreased and clergymen substituted their place. The church architecture at that time increased tendency of showing the symbolic meaning rather than having liturgical function. Particularly, gothic church building shows understanding itself as substance of invisible and transcendental heavenly Existence which is incarnated in the physical matters as stone and light. In the baroque era, the center of the church building was tabernacle installed above the middle altar. Liturgy at that time was brilliant but the participation of the laymen was poor so that they fell into private devotions. The third chapter presents liturgy as restored form by the Second Vatican Council and describes church architecture from the viewpoint of this Council. The Council, turning to the early Church as the source of its inspiration, emphasized that the Church as the mystical body of Christ is a community of believers who should actively participate in the celebration of the liturgy. according to this, the liturgical reformation proceeded. Church architecture should be changed according to new understanding of liturgy. The center of the church space is the altar, not the tabernacle. No particular style is obligatory for constructing church, but cultural expressions of each region are respected if they are apt to express the faith. As the space which serves the liturgy and symbolizes the heaven, church building is not the sacrament itself, but has the sacramentality. While church construction should not disregard the tradition it should be suited for the conditions of our time. Finally the fourth chapter proposes direction of designing church architecture regarding the situation of today's korean Church. Constructed without a proper understanding of liturgical theology, a lot of churches seldom manifest their natural identity and own role. In this situation, It is necessary to take the spirit of liturgy into account according to the Second Vatican Council and to cast off the routine used in designing and disposing church architecture which has not been overcome yet. The space where the rites are celebrated should be placed in the middle of church. If the space of the church is shaped in such a way that the people of God including clergy surrounding the altar, it becomes clear that the liturgy is celebrated by whole church community, not merely by clergymen. A church should be constructed artistically and dignifiedly. However, However, this does not mean that it has to be an imposing and magnificent structure. But it should be a space in which the liturgy can ben celebrated properly and in which the symbolic significance of a church should become manifest. The church building should also be rather small in accordance with the size of the community. Small space helps the participants in the liturgy to overcome anonymity and provides for a more active participation in the liturgy. If a church building is constructed in such a way that it reflects the spirit of the liturgy, the faithful will be able to experience through the liturgy the abundace of faith. The church, sanctified in the celebration of liturgy, manifests the Kingdom of God in the world. Then, the church building as 'Domus ecclesiae' become the visible sign of the city of God. From ancient time, church architecture has been the expression of the theology of each ages. So present church architecture should be expression of identity and theology of today's Church. ，韩语论文网站，韩语论文题目 |
