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    • Interior dome of Charlemagne's edifice 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Modeled after San Vitale in Vienna which in turn was modeled after the Church of Holy Sepucher in Jerusalem. The symbolism attached to the dome represented the heavenly sphere and divinity was appropriate both for the place ...

    • The interior of the Auditorium 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Not only did Calvin here give lectures on all the books of the bible with the exception of Revelation, but he also consolidated the role of the church in its semi-independence from the state.

    • Parting gift 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Presentation of a pewter flagon and cups to Bruggink for his leadership in the tour. Having money left from the $750 charge for the seminar, it was evenly distrusted among the participants, each receiving $17.

    • The Great Church in Lieden 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Theological conflicts of the 17th century continued in the 19th, tearing the church apart.

    • Interior mosaic of Emperor Justinian and retinue 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Dedicated in 548 the mosaic emphasizes Byzantine power with a mosaic on the side wall of the chancel portraying the Emperor Justinian bringing the bread for the Eucharist followed by his Bishop Maximianus.

    • Porta Nigra 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The second century Roman entrance to the walled city Trier

    • Ridderzaal in Den Haag 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      For centuries the Ridderzaal has been the symbol of government of the Netherlands.

    • Joan Phelan lecturing on the Catacomb of Priscilla 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Each student was required, and wives were invited, to do papers on a specific aspect of Christian history for which there was a site on tour. Attempting to be chronologically sequential, we started our tour of Rome in the ...

    • Lecture in the seminarium library 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      We owe a debt of gratitude to the then Nederlands Hervormde Kerk for accommodating the Western Christendom Travel Seminar in their seminarium.

    • Charlemagne's Cathedral in Aachen 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Cornie Van De Hoeff takes us from our prior 4th century site to an 8th century site of Charlemagne's "Second Rome" and "new Jerusalem."

    • Chapel interior 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      This very Reformed interior has the table and pulpit as focal points. The uniformity of design and structure of these two means of grace is to emphasize the unity of word and sacrament. The tracker action organ is discreetly ...

    • The Grossmunster of Basel 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Note the high pulpit on the first pillar from the crossing with the pews pointed toward the pulpit. The pews were probably a post Reformation addition.

    • The Albertus Christiaan van Raalte School 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The school still honors in it's name one of the participants of the conflict of church and nation in the 19th century. Lenora Ridder had the unenviable task of chronicling those struggles.

    • Basel Grossmunster looking west 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The great new organ is recent, while fillings the raised chancel with pews which look toward the pulpit took place after the Reformation.

    • Mosaic of Jonah 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The mosaic adorning the audience hall depicts Jonah and his flight from God's command

    • The Constantinian Basilica in Trier 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Student Dale DeWild takes us back almost two millennia to what in Roman times was the city central to defense of the empire's eastern boundary on the Rhine. The great basilica (i.e. the hall of the king, or Caesar's ...

    • Approach to the chapel 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The purposeful connecting link from classrooms and dormitories to the chapel is intended as a calming transitional space with the baptismal font at the entry reminding all of baptism as the entry to Christ's church.

    • Students seated for lecture 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Students lecture in the library of the Centro de Unione.

    • Constantinian basilica as Lutheran church 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      The apse where the general Constantine sat as representative of Caesar now holds the altar table where the Lordship of Christ is celebrated. Note the pulpit and sounding board on the left.

    • Lecture enroute 

      Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1967)
      Gerloa Suess gives her lecture on "The Rebirth of Man, the Renaissance and its Gardens" on our chartered bus on the way to the Villa d'Este.