Aesthetic Christianity - Roman Catholic Style

This is from a must read post over at the Lion and the Cardinal blog. This guy is bright, really bright, and has impeccable visual and theological taste.
In spite of what I have posted and will post on this blog, I do not advocate a "bare-bones" mere Christianity of white-washed church interiors and as little ornament as possible. I can accept this if push comes to shove, but my heart is with the "smells and bells", elaborate liturgies, and "fanciful stories" (I am Mexican, after all). At the end of the day, however, I will not say that these things are absolutely necessary. It would be a shame if we did lose them, and our Faith would be impoverished if we did. But I have learned that maybe the more minimal "Reformed" approach can have a beauty in and of itself (I prefer the simpler Prayer Book Service to the Anglo-Catholic Mass). The trick in my book is not to cling to one approach or the other, but to be able to love and appreciate both (a via media?).
It is not Cluny or the Citeaux, it is both. We cannot be doctrinaire or legalistic about it, but must look at both paths leading lovingly to Christ.
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Hyperagia Theotoke, soson imas.
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Some break from blogging, huh....
Anyway, don't be afraid. I only deleted the above post since it was an unwanted advertisement. I haven't gone dictitorial... yet...
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Better get your butt back into the REAL church Arturo!!
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