whats the difference between a church and a cathedral?

Answer 1

It has nothing to do with size - a church has a priest and a cathedral has a bishop

Answer 2

A church (building) is a place of worship. A parish church is the place of worship for a parish, which is a local geographic area with defined boundaries. A cathedral is the church for a collection of parishes, called a Dicoese or See, and comes under the authority of a Bishop. It gets its name from the special chair for the Bishop, called a cathedra. All Anglican churches belong, in the administrative sense of the Church hierarchy, to a cathedral somewhere. When I was working abroad in Sweden, I found that the British Embassy church in Stockholm. along with other Anglican churches in Europe, was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Gibraltar.

Not all cities have cathedrals - a city can be a city by Royal Charter as well.

Cathedrals tend to be bigger than churches, but it really depends on how prosperous the locality was when the church/cathedral was being built.

There are also Roman Catholic cathedrals. There are churches which are neither called "church" nor "cathedral", like York Minster, which has an archbishop. "Minster" comes from the word "monastery" and used to be a church that was attached to an abbey or priory.

Does this help?

Answer 3

A Cathedral is A Church

But Not all Chuches Are Cathedral Chuches

Church Has a Broader Span of Meanings

Church Could Be a Group of ppl meeting in a Home

You Can Be a Part of a church & if a Christian in Fact are
Jesus Said; "The Church is the Body of Christ"
(body of Christ refers to all believers)

Cathedral Speaks More of a certain type of church
or in some Cases even the style of a building that
MAY Happen to be a Church
You Can Even Have a cathedral Cieling

Sometimes an answer can produce more questions huh lol ;)

Answer 4

A cathedral is the central church of a diocese, located in a city, headed by a bishop, and usually large and impressive in structure. Churches are run by priests and are located in towns or villages. Typically, churches are not as big or as impressive as cathedrals.

Answer 5

Main Entry: 1church
Pronunciation: 'ch&rch
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon, from Greek, neuter of kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master; akin to Sanskrit sura hero, warrior
1 : a building for public and especially Christian worship
2 : the clergy or officialdom of a religious body
3 often capitalized : a body or organization of religious believers: as a : the whole body of Christians b : DENOMINATION c : CONGREGATION
4 : a public divine worship
5 : the clerical profession

Main Entry: 1ca·the·dral
Pronunciation: k&-'thE-dr&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or containing a cathedra
2 : emanating from a chair of authority
3 : suggestive of a cathedral

Answer 6

A cathedral is like the "home office" for several churches scattered through neighboring towns.

Answer 7

Church is to parish/village as Cathedral is to city.

Answer 8

To be a city, you need a cathedral.

Answer 9

Churches are headed by Priests or the equivalent.
Cathedrals are headed by Bishops and the equivalent.

Basically, they are a higher rank of church in the same way a Bishop is a higher rank of Priest.

Answer 10

the cathedral are the head of different sections couch's are more local