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The toilet tank altar aside, I’m pretty sure that Notre Dame had checkered flooring even before the fire.
I hate to say it but the Masonic altar looks nicer compared to the Notre Dame altar.
Is this really the altar of Notre Dame??????
“The checkered floor, also known as the Mosaic Pavement, is an emblem meant to represent the ground floor of King Solomon’s Temple. It is an old and esteemed symbol in Freemasonry. The floors of Masonic lodges are paved in a black and white checkered pattern to symbolize this foundational temple floor.” https://freemasonscommunity.life/freemason-checkered-floor
I don’t believe in coincidence.
Not a coincidence at all.
I spotted that Freemasonic floor immediately. Who knows what else they have installed in there to offend God. If you really want something to think about, dig up Freemasonic themes “Dark to Light” or “Darkness to Light” then rewatch Melania’s video for her book launch currently on Twitter. Half her face in shadow, half in light. Coincidence?
These people tell you brazenly who they are with their symbolism. It’s up to you to believe them.
Fr. Reader, yes, it is unfortunately
As far as the black and white tile was there before the fire. Slide 33 if this link doesn’t go directly there
https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/notre-dame.html#slide_33
Most Novus Ordo churches are aesthetically nothing more than a Protestant church combined with a masonic lodge.
I wouldn’t recommend visiting any actual lodges, but lookup some pictures of various lodges and compare them with modern Novus Ordo designs. So many similarities, even down to the triplet of chairs.
Checkerboard floor patterns were in use many centuries before the founding of the Masons:
What Is The History Of Checkerboard Tiles?
June 27, 2024
By Edward Martin
Say it with me now!
If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck….
Let’s not get our knickers in a twist about flooring that had been there a long time before the fire. Checkered flooring in churches existed a long time before Freemasonry was even founded. After centuries of magnificent Catholic art, we end up with such a poorly designed altar, which is what I think we should be outraged about. Is this really the best we could do for Our Lord?
@Fr. Reader:
Once consecrated it will be, sadly.
Remember when Cathedral’s were mankind’s thank you to God, exalting Him through building structures over centuries that are nearly impossible to build today with current technology? Sad, would be interesting to see what could be done today…
It is a typical modernism design such that I have seen over the years: no sense of the truly artistic nor any consideration of history.
“Dark to light” happens to the entire earth, every minute. I do not think that God, whom Hans Urs von Balthasar informs us is a dramatist, intended this to be a foreshadowing of the Masons.
In happier Notre Dame Cathedral renovation news, some details overlooked by those criticizing the lighting as too bright, as if they had not considered the needs of news photographers who may not have had a tripod and a fast lens with them on the day of the preview:
Paris Notre-Dame Interior Basks in LED Glow
March.13, 2014 – 11:23 — judy.lin
The article begins:
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, announced it is illuminating the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris with LEDs that will show off the cathedral’s gothic features as never seen before. Philips is placing LED technology at the service of 850 years of history, paying tribute to the architecture of this Gothic masterpiece. A total of more than 400 luminaires were used, with an installed capacity of just 30 kW, compared with almost 140 kW previously – reducing energy consumption by 80 percent.
[Later]
Specifically designed by Benoit Ferré, the resident bishop’s architect (European Architecture Company, EUROGIP), the major innovation of this project is the creation of a spinal column, horizontal, flexible and easily accessible. This technical column extends for three hundred meters, the length of the triforium.
The 400 luminaires are operated by means of a computerized system, with a touch screen to simplify control. The system contains several lighting programs and Notre-Dame’s manager can add more if required.
Almost all of the luminaires are dimmable, making it possible to modify the lighting according to the event taking place (ceremonies, concerts, prayers, etc.), the time of day or the season.
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I have seen criticism of the “cross without a Christ”. Its name is the “Cross of Glory”, and it was there before the fire. The reason Christ is not on the cross is that He is in His mother’s lap, in the Pieta statue placed directly in front (3rd photo on the page) of the “Cross of Glory”, but overlooked by those looking for more to complain about.