12Oct2008: Day 139: Cantebury

Today I went down to Canterbury Cathedral with my parents for Sunday Service. It was interesting. We got to sit in the Choir or Quire as it is sometimes spelled. This is the area where the Monks used to sit before King Henry VIII abolished most of the abbey's. It was close to where the Choir actually sits and they have a very nice boys/men's choir. The Archbishop actually gave the Sermon and also gave us the bread, so that was kind of neat. I walked around with Mom and Dad for a while afterwards and we took the audio guide tour. It is amazing how they were able to build such a building back as early as 1100 and the fact that people worked on it knowing that it would never be completed within their lifetime shows real dedication.


The audio guide pointed out how many faces were destroyed on the tombs and such. Apparently, the puritans came through and wanted to destroy any image of Christ or Mary or the disciples because it was idolatry to them to have statues and images of them. Also, during the disolutionment at King Henry VIII's order most of the Roman church related items were destroyed. It is a shame that people could destroy such remarkable art.

Teri ended up having to walk to church and it was actually a fairly warm day so she was quite worn out by the time she made it there. She wasn't that mad at me, so that was nice.