Every protestant church I have ever been in has had cushioned pews. Just a little curious. Thanks and God Bless !!!
2007-08-10 02:27:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-08-10 02:40:58 · update #1
Phoenix Wright : News flash, you can be Gay and Catholic.
2007-08-10 02:45:47 · update #2
Thanks Clint !!!!
2007-08-10 03:54:24 · update #3
Neither of the churches I attend -- one in my "home" parish, the other where I now live -- have cushioned pews, nor do most in this area. But both are fairly traditional in architecture.
When I visited Denver last spring, I went to Mass in a large modern church and had a moment of "yikes, am I in the wrong building?" when I saw comfortably padded pews arranged at an oblique angle to the sanctuary ... reminded me of many evangelical church layouts, but for the obvious altar and tabernacle. It was just a superficial difference, though, and Mass was indeed Mass.
On the other hand, a church I attended in Arizona had folding chairs, no kneelers (no one knelt on the floor, either), and distinctly pentacostal elements in the liturgy that were very uncomfortable.
2007-08-10 02:40:22 · answer #1 · answered by Clare † 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I go to many different Catholic Churches, and while most of them have the regular wooden pews, there are a few in my hometown that have cushioned pews. However, those are usually newer churches, as the people who designed the old churches had the mentality that suffering made you pray harder.
Also, I am glad to see a homosexual that doesn't renounce their faith, as most do. And to that guy above, I'd have him know that being homosexual is not a sin, and I cannot believe he would equate the two.
2007-08-10 09:47:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, none of the Catholic churches I've ever been in (maybe 20-25 of them?) have had cushioned pews, except for the small chapel in the home for retired priests (all age 75 or older...I guess they deserve a little softness...)
2007-08-10 10:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband is Catholic, and his church does not have cushioned pews. Is it a Catholic wide sort of thing? Are you not supposed to have cushions? Hmm. I'm Presbyterian, and we have cushioned pews. We even have a bunch of old people who make pillows and sit them in the pews so people will be more comfortable.
2007-08-10 09:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by hthr_jacobs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our church doesn't have cushioned seats either... though thankfully we have cushioned kneelers :)
I don't think it's a penitence sort of thing ~ quite frankly, Catholics don't sit as much as Protestants during services, and the cushions would have a tendency to shift around too much with all the getting up we do.
2007-08-10 09:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jeanbug 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No real idea why most Protestant churches have cushions, but I have been in many Catholic churches with cushions, mostly the newer built churches.
2007-08-10 09:33:12 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be Catholic, the pews never were much of a problem for me. The attitudes of the "worshippers" drove me away faster than the comfort level.
2007-08-10 11:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by for Da Ben Dan--Dennyhill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never thought about that.. Every catholic church I've been in had wooden pews.. and the few protestant churches had cushins.. strange!
2007-08-10 09:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps catholics are still doing penitence and guilt.
2007-08-10 09:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by Susie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ours does not.
Wish it did!
Peace!
2007-08-10 09:35:41 · answer #10 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋