Forms of expression

• Narthex - porch area at entrance of a church building
• sanctuary - God’s holy place
• Tabernacle - A safe place in which is kept the blessed sacrament
• Icon - A devotional painting of Christ or other holy figures
• Monstrance - Vessel used for exhibition of the blessed sacrament
• Passion play - A play that tells the story of the passion of Christ.
• Ciborium - The silver or gold container for the hosts
• Ichus - Greek for fish
• Chi-ro - A sign made up of the first two letters for christ in Greek
• How do architectural feautures support belief?

  • The seperation of the sanctuary shows how God is Holy so only some parts people can enter
  • The priests and ministers come down from the sanctuary to the nave to show how God’s movement to humanity
  • The ”nave means ship - the worshippers are in Christ’s boat
• Passion plays:

  • They convey the message of salvation and forgiveness
  • Some people need visual aids but some express their belief by using actions
  • Rituals, symbolif actions and costumes are used at the alter
  • Each mass is kind of like a drama as well as the retelling of christs sacrifice
• Priests and mill


  Show how God's movement to humanity
• Nave


  The worshippers are in Christ's boat
• Sacred objects


  Help people worship God
• God cares about people and expresses himself through the material world
• Hunger cloths


  • Remind people of God's suffering
• Holy water in a stoup


  • Reminder of the promise of eternal life through baptism
• People can idolise and be distracted about the main purpose of the object


  An object can't change or improve a person's faith
• Altar - where bread and wine are offered to God