Notre Dame of Paris is more than a historic site. It is more than a grand cathedral. It is more than an expression of a great culture. Indeed, Notre Dame of Paris is a symbol of Christian culture itself.
Since the catastrophic Two Thousand Nineteen fire, the process of rebuilding Notre Dame is becoming a focus of a massive dispute. On one side are those who want to see the great Cathedral restored to its pre-fire appearance. On the other are those who want to seize the opportunity to bring Notre Dame into line with the controversial “Spirit of Vatican II.”
This is much more than a dispute over aesthetics. The struggle over Notre Dame is a microcosm of the dispute between traditionalists and modernists that runs from the Church’s highest leaders to the smallest parish.
That is the context of today’s episode of the Return to Order moment.
To read the essays in their original form, please use the following links - Notre Dame Cathedral: a Jewelbox of Beauty (returntoorder.org) Notre Dame Cathedral: a Jewelbox of Beauty (returntoorder.org), What is the Message of the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral? - RTO (returntoorder.org), Who Will Save Notre Dame Cathedral from the Wreckovators? (returntoorder.org), and How Notre Dame Cathedral Converted Paul Claudel - Return to Order.
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