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Collegiate church in Głogów, Poland

In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church served and administered by a college of canons or prebendaries, presided over by a dean or provost. In its governing a collegiate church is similar to a cathedral, although a collegiate church is not the seat of a bishop. Collegiate churches were often supported by (sometimes extensive) lands held by the church. Image File history File links en: Collegiate church in GÅ‚ogów. ... Image File history File links en: Collegiate church in GÅ‚ogów. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lower Silesian Municipal government Rada Miejska GÅ‚ogowa Mayor Zbigniew Rybka Area 35 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 71,686 (2004) none 2120/km² Founded City rights 10th century 1253 Latitude Longitude 51°67 N 16°08 E Area code +48 76 Car plates DGL Twin towns... Topics in Christianity Preaching Prayer Ecumenism Relation to other religions Movements Music Liturgy Calendar Symbols Art Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... For other uses, see College (disambiguation). ... Canons, Bruges A Canon of the Seminary, Sint Niklaas, Flanders. ... A prebendary is a post connected to a cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. ... A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. ... Provost is from the Latin praepositus (set over, from praeponere, to place in front). It may mean: Provost (religion), a church official. ... For other uses, see Cathedral (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article...

A collegiate church typically has its seating arranged parallel with the south and north walls, facing inwards rather than towards the altar at the eastern end. Such an arrangement is found in university chapels and in cathedrals. It has influenced the design of other churches in that the singing choir is seen as representing the idea of a college. The Westminster model of parliamentary seating arrangement arose from Parliament's use of such a chapel for its sittings until Westminster Palace chapel burnt down in 1834. A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... For other uses, see Cathedral (disambiguation). ... This article is about the legislative institution. ... Clock Tower and New Palace Yard from the west The Palace of Westminster, on the banks of the River Thames in Westminster, London, is the home of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Contemporary examples

The chapel at St. Paul's Collegiate Church at Storrs.

The idea of a "collegiate church" has continued to develop a contemporary equivalent. Many contemporary Collegiate Churches draw on the idea that collegiate means a "church with more than one minister", often understood as reflected in the "priesthood of all believers" and local, congregational governance.

Two different examples of contemporary collegiate churches in America today are The Collegiate Church (New York, NY) (http://www.collegiatechurch.org) and St. Paul's Collegiate Church at Storrs (Storrs, CT) (http://www.stpaulswired.org). St. Paul's Collegiate Church at Storrs features contemporary architecture that reflects traditional collegiate church architecture (see above).

St. Paul's Collegiate Church at Storrs, unlike most historical collegiate churches, is a post-denominational, evangelical church. According to church leaders, they chose the name "collegiate" to emphasize "the priesthood of all believers" and that "every member of the Body of Christ is a minister."

While collegiate churches typically have its seating arranged parallel with the south and north walls, facing inwards rather than towards the altar at the eastern end, St. Paul's Collegiate Church has adapted this by creating a chapel fully in the round, with the altar/communion station in the center.

Historical examples

England

In pre-Reformation England there were usually a number of collegiate churches in each diocese, with several hundred in total. They were almost all abolished during the reign of Edward VI of England in 1547 as part of the Reformation by the Act for the Dissolution of Collegiate Churches and Chantries. Many continued to serve as parish churches with a resident vicar or curate and a limited number retained aspects of their collegiate past down to the 19th century. But the royal peculiars alone have survived with collegiate status. This box:      King Henry VIII of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Chantry is a term for the English establishment of a shrine or chapel on private land where monks or priests would say (or chant) prayers on a fixed schedule, usually for someone who had died. ... Vicariate redirects here. ... From the Latin curatus (compare Curator), a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. ... In England, churches not subject to the jurisdiction of a diocesan bishop as ordinary, but instead immediately under the authority of the Sovereign. ...

In England at the end of the twentieth century there were sixteen churches or chapels with the title of Royal Peculiar not all of which were still in regular use for worship. Of these only two are collegiate, each with a Dean and a Chapter of four secular Canons. These are: A Royal Peculiar (or Royal Peculier) is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than a diocese. ...

• The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, and
• St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

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Ireland

The roofs of St. Mary's Collegiate Church in Youghal from the South.

In Ireland, there are a number of ancient churches still in regular use that are collegiate churches. Most notably the church known as St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, is in fact a collegiate church. St. Mary's Collegiate Church ([1] in Youghal, County Cork, a building of very remote antiquity, home to a fine choir, The Clerks Choral. St. Nicholas Collegiate Church in Galway is another fine example of a pre-reformation Collegiate Church. St. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... Statistics Province: Munster County seat: Cork Code: C Area: 7,457 km² (2,879 sq mi) Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference M300256 Statistics Province: Connacht County: Dáil Éireann: Galway West European Parliament: North-West Dialling Code: 091 Postal District(s): G Area: 50. ...

Scotland

St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, consecrated 1410, now a place of worship for the Church of Scotland

The church now refererred to as 'St Giles Cathedral', in Edinburgh, became a collegiate church in 1466, less than a century before the Scottish Reformation. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2618x1829, 2799 KB) {Information |Description=High Kirk of Saint Marys, Haddington |Source=Self |Date=17th January 2007 |Author=Brendan Douglas-Hamilton |Permission=Public Domain |other_versions= }} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2618x1829, 2799 KB) {Information |Description=High Kirk of Saint Marys, Haddington |Source=Self |Date=17th January 2007 |Author=Brendan Douglas-Hamilton |Permission=Public Domain |other_versions= }} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... Haddington is a burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. ... East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. ... This article is about the country. ... The Church of Scotland (CofS; Scottish Gaelic: ), known informally by its pre-Union Scots name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. ... St Giles Cathedral A prominent feature of the Edinburgh skyline, St Giles Cathedral decorates the midpoint of the Royal Mile with its rounded hollow-crown tower. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... John Knox regarded as the leader of the Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was Scotlands formal break with the papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. ...

References

G.H. Cook English Collegiate Churches of the Middle Ages (Phoenix House, 1959) P.N. Jeffery The Collegiate Churches of England and Wales (Robert Hale, 2004)

See also

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