Returning to an Anagogical Architecture

As physical embodiments of the spiritual heart of a culture and as the emblematic house of God, churches should express the most noble of artistic qualities while remaining in continuity with architectural and theological traditions, and they should be the centerpieces of the public realm, furnished in an honorific place, in order that their beauty and moral authority may have a sanctifying and solacing effect on our lives. In consideration of this role and purpose within society, the architectural character of churches should be first and foremost anagogical, alluding to the divine and lifting our minds to God.