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5. The faith necessary architectural artist

side door of the cathedral of Trent

I recently visited Trent and I was happily surprised by this solution knotted columns, I find both a description of the plastic faith, as well as live and I think the: the meeting of the sovereign freedom of God that is exposed and the small but certain human freedom and that it shall be saved.

Faith is the primordial reality in its complexity and dynamic that does not suffer any reductionism.

It is essential, because it is the first consequence of being creatures. Nobody has created for itself, each is created by God, then the Creator is the first ontologically, logically and chronologically creatures ; own as no one is conceived by him. The fact that each is in place in the world from someone else, says the absolutely lovely life, of being and existence of each creature. This gives rise to a spontaneous and total confidence decency towards those who have created the first effective sign sacramental image of the Creator.

Faith is universal, natural and supernatural. It is rooted in human trust, the first human feeling. On Codest natural feeling human grafts, the religious dimension of faith, bringing it to fruition with the opening to the size supernatural faith. This dimension is given by grace alone by God to reveal Himself , with whom God speaks personally, historically and freely to every man. Therefore faith is not a static reality that simplistic or not there, but is dynamic because it arises from the conversion and conversion lives. Conversion to the last breath that substantiates the life of the believer and that in time of divine patience, it redirects to God: "Sursum corda . Habemus ad Dominum, "reads the beginning of the Roman Missal, Preface.

Sagrada Familia, the facade of the Nativity Angels

faith to begin a work of ' Sacred art is only the germ, it is sufficient, in my humble opinion, only two conditions: the belief in the goodness / beauty of the world and the readiness to listen, or rather the refusal of closure biased and prejudicial to God who always speaks in many different ways (Heb 1:1 s). God provides the rest. Nothing more and nothing less.

This was the Japanese sculptor Etsuro Soto, who was a pagan temple was converted by the trespass of the Holy Family, building stone and light that materially and spiritually expresses Christian faith. The artist can be said when a Christian shapes the material to express the spiritual calling of the matter itself and transformed through the work of the artist, celebrate the glory of the living God. What matters is not the subject of art status compared to Creed, the fides quae creditur say whether he is a believer or not, what compliance che l'artista, credente o meno, porta al contenuto oggettivo della fede cristiana, la fides qua creditur .

       Ciò mostra il grande potere dell'ecclesiologia architettonica rettamente ispirata da un santo qual'è Antoni Gaudì. Ciò smentisce la tesi spiritualista e antimaterialista che riduce la Chiesa alla sola comunità di persone, disincarnandole dal loro stesso corpo e mondo. Viceversa  in principio c'è la santità di Dio e dei suoi santi, tra cui l'architetto Gaudì che secondo la verità trasmessa e dal libro della Natura e dal libro della Scrittura ha progettato e iniziato to build the Temple offering. From the official site of the Sagrada Familia I copied and translated the following information:

Etsuro Sotoo

Etsuro Sotoo arrived in Barcelona in 1978. Ever since I was a kid was very clear that he wanted to do in life: to carve the stone. So he decided to come to Europe, because here the stone culture is more alive. For the case entered the Sagrada Família and decided that this was the stone that he wanted to sculpt. This happened 31 years ago. His passion was so great that November 3, 1991 became a Catholic: his work in the Temple trespass brought him in contact with all the Christian symbolism and thus discover that the Sagrada Familia is an introduction to the Christian faith. He made sculptures of angels, singers and musicians from the facade of the Nativity, he oversaw the restoration of the cloister and the decoration for the windows in the shape of fruit. The fruits were placed according to the seasons: the east window at the corner of the facade of the Nativity, there are the fruits of summer: medlar, cherries, plums, peaches and apples. Windows on the western corner of the facade of the Passion, the winter fruits: chestnuts, persimmons, figs, almonds and pears.

Sagrada Familia, angel musicians on the facade of the Nativity