medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Frans van Liere <[log in to unmask]>
> So, to summarize what John copied, a cathedral is always a "hoofdkerk", but
a "hoofdkerk" is not always a cathedral.
seems like it is the "main [haupt] church" in the town.
in some towns that would be the cathedral, in others it wouldn't.
?
> dom he?
probably.
c
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> Frans van Liere
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Marjorie Greene wrote:
> >
> > I suspect your suspicions are well founded. See:
> > http://www.saveursdumonde.net/ency-voy/belgique/louvain.htm
> > Several websites referred to it as a collegiate church, one (not so
> > "scholarly") called it a cathedral, but we've all encountered folks
> > who think "cathedral" = "big impressive church."
>
> But "big impressive church" is the perhaps best translation of "hoofdkerk".
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> wat is een kathedraal?
>
> Het woord kathedraal stamt af van het Latijnse woord cathedralis, en wordt
> gebruikt om de hoofdkerk van een bisdom aan te duiden; dit is de kerk waar
> de bisschopszetel (in het Latijn cathedra) staat. In sommige talen is het
> woord 'dom' (in het Latijn domus) synoniem voor kathedraal; het betekent
> altijd 'bisschoppelijke hoofdkerk'.
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> http://www.kathedraal.nl/
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> John Briggs
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