Talk:Minster (church)
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[edit] Minster (cathedral) - Collegiate church - Merger
This was proposed over 10 months ago when I am sure everyone who saw it, as I did, also saw that the proposer had not seen fit to start the discussion and in any case no doubt, as I did, wondered why. Why merge? Is there any case for merger? Why did not the proposer say?
Now some mindless robot has set a clock running on the issue, and one wonders why. Why the clock? What will happen now it is being timed? Probably nothing.
Some thoughts on the proposal.
1. Relatively few Minsters are or were cathedrals and relatively few Minsters were collegiate. 2. Most Minsters were originally monastic and in Britain none are today. 3. Most monastic churches were called Abbeys not Minsters. 4. Relatively few Collegiate churches were called Minsters. 5. Collegiate churches were not monastic and today none, in the UK at least, have colleges. 6. Both Minsters and Collegiate churches were generally rather grand churches but that is not the meaning of the names.
The question remains. Why merge? Why indeed? The proposal does not have my support NoelWalley 13:36, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Comments are now being collected on the Talk:Collegiate church page. NoelWalley 20:25, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of minsters?
The list of UK minsters seems to be getting a bit ungainly, now. Should there be a separate List of minsters? Jamesfcarter 22:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
