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Entrance

Church Architecture

The entrance leads into the nave. This vestibule is an illustrative gathering threshold, not a room prescribed by the 1962 Missal.

Key points

The entrance leads into the nave. This vestibule is an illustrative gathering threshold, not a room prescribed by the 1962 Missal.
Rear doorway opening onto the central aisle.

Sources and further reading

Adrian Fortescue, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (1919; 1920 impression), chapter I, pp. 1–9 (Second edition 1919, new impression 1920; period manual, predates 1962)

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