York Minster [antikvár]

h' ' I. I I .I If: r- ¦ "• t . , A Message from the Archbishop York Minster is one of the world's great churches. Its size, its beauty and its historical interest combine to make it a building of outstanding importance. But it is also much more than a historical monument. It is the Mother Church of the Northern Province of the Church of England. The first church on this site was built for the baptism of the first Christian King in the north of England in ad 627. Nowadays people come to worship here from all over the world. Newly appointed bishops for the whole of the north are consecrated here. And every day week in week out for century after century God is worshipped here. To appreciate the building fully it has to be seen and experienced as a place of prayer. I hope those who read this book will be helped to look at the building with new eyes, will enjoy its history, and will come to feel something of the weight of spiritual significance which it carries. A church as huge as York Minster is built on a grand scale to remind those who enter it of the greatness and glory of God. I hope that in the course of your own visit you may find it speaking to you as it has spoken to millions of people before you. john ebor