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Gökhem Church, the Glossary

Gökhem Church (Gökhems kyrka) is a medieval Lutheran church built in the Romanesque style.^[1]

21 relations: Apse, Catherine of Alexandria, Chancel, Church Fathers, Church murals in Sweden, Dendrochronology, Diocese of Skara, Falköping, Genesis creation narrative, Lutheranism, Major prophet, Mary, mother of Jesus, Nave, Pulpit, Romanesque architecture, Rood screen, Seven deadly sins, Seven virtues, Sweden, Trinity, Västra Götaland County.
Churches in Västra Götaland County
Churches in the Diocese of Skara
Romanesque church buildings

Apse

In architecture, an apse (apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς,, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis;: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra.

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Catherine of Alexandria

Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine (Greek: Αίκατερίνη) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius.

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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.

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Church Fathers

The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity.

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Church murals in Sweden

Church murals or church wall paintings are mostly medieval paintings found in several Swedish churches. Gökhem Church and church murals in Sweden are church frescos in Sweden.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree.

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Diocese of Skara

The Diocese of Skara (Skara stift) is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden.

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Falköping

Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden.

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Genesis creation narrative

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Major prophet

The major prophets is a grouping of books in the Christian Old Testament that does not occur in the Hebrew Bible.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Nave

The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel.

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Pulpit

A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Rood screen

The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture.

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Seven deadly sins

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, function as a grouping and classification of major vices within the teachings in Christianity and Islam.

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Seven virtues

In Christian tradition, the seven heavenly virtues combine the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude with the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from 'threefold') is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three,, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion).

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Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County (Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gökhem_Church