The Study on the Liturgical Space of Catholic Church in Taiwan---A Case Study of Catholic Church in Taipei

• Main Authors: Han Hui-fang, 韓蕙芳
• Other Authors: 施植明
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21890072864735918870

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 90 === In the process of conveying Catholicism, Catholic Church was brought into Taiwan by the Spanish Order of Preachers. In order to reduce the resistance of accepting the western religion, the authorities concerned of the Church decided to merge the structure of the churches with the local style and tried to catholicize Taiwan people. However, how the local culture was recognized and presented in the liturgical space by the local church is the main issue of this study. Five chapters are included in this thesis: In the first chapter, the related documents of the catholic churches at present are reviewed and the objects and ranges being investigated are provided. In the second chapter, the dogma of the Catholicism and the structure of the churches in western architecture history are introduced for the purpose of realizing the traditions, evolutions and changes of the space of religions from the historical point of view. In the third chapter, different assertions of inculturation having effects on Catholicism and the architectures resulting in different kinds of space and appearance of churches in different periods of time are studied. In the fourth chapter, the classed building types according to the objects being investigated and the liturgical space of catholic churches in Taipei were analyzed. In the fifth chapter, the main points were summarized and conclusions were brought. The liturgical behaviors affected the functions of the liturgical space. By means of the liturgical behavior, the symbolic liturgy was transformed into the entity space. Because of the relation of inner form, the research was built up the classification according to the abstract figures and examined the churches of the western and in Taipei. Analyzing the four topics: the organization of liturgical space, the entrance space, the seats of religious follower space and the liturgical elements in Holy of Holies, the research tried to presented “inculturation” of liturgical space by the comparison between the churches of the western and Taipei.