Salisbury Cathedral. This beautiful building is the mother church of the Salisbury diocese which covers most of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset, and so much of Wessex. Started in 1220 AD and completed by 1258 AD. Popular attractions in Wessex
Welcome to Salisbury Cathedral. Salisbury is probably the finest medieval cathedral in Britain. This beautiful building is the mother church of the Salisbury diocese which covers most of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset, and so much of Wessex. Started in 1220 AD and completed by 1258 AD, it was built to reflect the glory of God in stone and glass. A setting then for great occasions, for huge and colourful processions, a majestic, awe-inspiring church. The spire, the hioghest in England, soaring to a commanding 404 ft (123 m) was added a generation later. Visitors can climb the 332 steps up a narrow spiral staircase just to reach the base of the spire!
The best preserved of only four surviving originals of Magna Carta (1215) is displayed in the octagonal chapter house which also has a unique 13th century frieze of Old Testamant stories carved in stone.
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A Christian was desperately trying to find a parking space in a busy town center. He had a job interview and his future depended upon it, but the town was packed. He prayed to God he would give up smoking, drinking and fornication if only a parking spot appeared, and Lo! one did. The Christian looked up, ending his prayer with, “Never mind, Lord. I’ve got one.”
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The Inquisition could not be wrong. If it were, explained Pierre de Lancre, the witch judge (Description of the Inconstancy of Evil Angels, 1612 AD), cited by Carl Sagan, “the Catholic Church would be committing a great crime by burning witches. Those who raise such possibilities are thus attacking the Church and ipso facto committing a mortal sin.” And that, of course, was quite impossible! Indeed, to criticize the whole witch hysteria was sufficient proof for the critic to be accused of witchcraft themselves. So the ones who nevertheless did, like the Jesuit Spee, were brave men.
