A cathedral has bishops and priests but a church only has priests
A Cathedral is the principal church of the diocese containing the Bishops throne, The word Cathedral derived from Latin, ecclesia cathedralis meaning 'church of a Bishop's seat'. A church therefore, remains as a place of public and Christian worship. Church is a Biblical word for 'assembly' and further means 'all Christians living or dead or all Christians living in the world'
The cathedral houses the cathedra which is the bishops chair. Basically, a cathedral is the main church within a diocese, where the bishop leads mass and from which the bishop leads the diocese.
In some forms of Christianity, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop.
A cathedral ( from Lat. cathedra, "seat" ) is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. There is typically one cathedral in each Diocese.
A church is a public building for worship. A Chapel is a private place of worship. Cathedrals are the offical seat for bishops.
The difference between a church and a cathedral is that a cathedral is a church that also serves as the seat of the bishop. The cathedral is usually the main church of the dioceses.
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church is the assembly of people believing on the same faith but cathedral is the structure of the church.
Apart from generally being larger than a church, a cathedral has a bishop.
A cathedral is the name of the principle church of the diocese. This is a very large church that is of great importance.
A cathedral is the principal church of a catholic bishop's diocese.
The Crystal Cathedral is 128 feet in height. The cathedral is located in Garden Grove, California. Once the home of the now-bankrupt Crystal Cathedral Ministries, the building was sold in 2012 to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange for use as the diocese's new cathedral.
The word church implies not only the building itself but also the people who worship there. A cathedral, in the Catholic Church, is the designated principal church of a diocese.
The bishop's church is the cathedral of the diocese.
The cathedral of the diocese is the bishop's church.
Roman Catholic AnswerA Cathedral is a particular Church in every diocese that is the Bishop's Church, it takes its name because of the Cathedra which is in that Church. A Cathedra is a bishop's throne. A abbey is the church of a monastery that is headed by an abbot or abbess. It should be obvious from whence it takes its name.
St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral for the diocese of London and therefore is an Anglican church (Church of England) and not a Catholic Church. South of the River Thames is the second Anglican diocese in London, the diocese of Southwark, served by the Anglican cathedral called Southwark Cathedral. The Catholic cathedral in London is Westminster Cathedral - the cathedral church for the Catholic diocese of London. Do not confuse Westminster Cathedral, however, with Westminster Abbey. The latter is not a cathedral but something called a 'royal peculiar' - a church owned and administered directly by Her Majesty the Queen.
The cathedral of the diocese is the bishop's church.
Cathedral St. John the Divine "is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world. Over 600 feet in length, the Statue of Liberty would fit comfortably under its central dome. It is the seat of the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and is "mother church " of the Diocese.
A dean is a priest who is in charge (the 'vicar') of a cathedral church. Contrary to popular belief, the bishop is spiritual leader of a diocese, not the cathedral - the cathedral itself is under the responsibility of the Dean.
cathedral ceilings follow the pitch of the roof, while vaulted don't necessarily do so.