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I removed the 'motherchurch' attribution - I'm sure their own website claims the title, but it's neither true nor accurate. It's a matter of historical, not hierarchical, priority -- a 'motherchurch' is a congregation from which other congregations are founded. For instance, Trinity Episcopal Church (commonly known as Trinity Wall Street, chartered in 1697) was the mother church of most of the Episcopal parishes in America north of Pennsylvania before the mid-19th century. St. John the Divine is a late foundation even in New York City, let alone in the diocese. Given church building in the late 20th century I wonder about their 'longest' designation, too. MichaelTinkler
St. John the Divine is NOT the largest church of the world (see Guiness World Records]). It's only the longest church of the world (183,2 m). The largest church of the world is the Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica. 68.165.95.210 16:52, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Can anyone add anything about the fire of 2001 at the Cathedral? I would think this is relevant to this article. -- Zahra 02:36, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
As a VERY new Wikipedian, help me understand and resolve my confusion. I looked at this entry, hoping to find some reference to the architectural competition that resulted in its initial design; it was, without doubt, one of the most significant architectural competitions of the day. Thinking to add some information on the number of competitors at the first stage (at least 68 architects competed) and the four who were chosen to further develop their design proposals and resubmit them as part of a stage two (a significant pattern for late 19th century American competitions), I searched for specifics elsewhere on the web. I happened upon the "www.nyc-architecture.com/HAR/HAR002.htm" site, which is, in fact, mentioned among this entry's references, and was surprised that virtually the entire "History" section here is lifted from the "nyc-architecture" site, which I presume is copyright protected. Is this kosher? Thanks. -- PlainsArchitecture ( talk) 00:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I removed the designation "highest nave". The Cathedrals at Köln, Amiens, Chatres, Toledo, Milan, the Vatican, and perhaps others all have higher naves than the 37.7 meter high one of St. John the Divine.
I also removed the description of "Gothic" as applied to the radiating chapels. Not all of the chapels are in a gothic style.
There's a long discussion of the construction and physical history of the cathedral, but nothing (hardly anything) about its community past and present. It's an ecumenical place with plenty of educational activities. Can someone who knows more about it that I do (John?) provide a view of its spiritual life, beyond the mission statement? David Brooks 21:08, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Fixed broken link to the organ specifications.
The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED by Petri Krohn. - GTBacchus( talk) 00:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Saint John the Unfinished → Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York — Move was made from the formal name to a "more colloquial" one with no discussion, and without fixing the resulting rats nest of double redirects. Bpmullins | Talk 21:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Add * '''Support''' or * '''Oppose''' on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.
Above, someone asked about the Cathedral's "community past and present. It's an ecumenical place with plenty of educational activities." I agree. There is much to say about the cathedral as a community and religious center. Also, the cathedral hosts lots and lots of music performances. I started a little section, but please contribute. -- Ssilvers 03:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Nothing to do with anything I've read so far, roughly thirty years ago I found a token lodged in a crack in the wood of a very old pie cabinet, which appeared to have been there for some time. The coin showed a beautiful cathederal on one side. An Eagle on the otherside with bible in talons and the words "Cathederal of St. John the Divine" "Souvenir of Pilgrimage" "New York". I ran acrossed it today and did some research on the church, but can find nothing on this coin, I'm just very interested in what it was for and how it ended up in a pie cabinet in a Grange Hall in Northern MI. In a town from which I graduated with eight people. Sorry for using your page but an info I would appreciate it therikerfamily@aol.com —Preceding
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This deck has two Jokers: one added citation needed after every paragraph, the other "fixed" the citations-- by deleting them! This page needs more adult input.-- Wetman ( talk) 20:33, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
The editor who thought it should be called a White Elephant has made the tell-tale error of confusing Morningside Heights with the Upper West Side. On-line websites that simply mirror the phrasing from this article are not sources: the sobriquet should be attributed if it is to be returned to an article that another "editor" has in other instances so littered with citation needed.-- Wetman ( talk) 20:02, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
I've taken some photos of the Cathedral and released them into public domain. You can use them to better this article or whatever you want.
Gesalbte ( talk) 04:41, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
I see nothing about the memorials to T S Eliot, Walt Whitman, William Faulkner, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Edgar Allan Poe et al. Or the the cathedral's refusal to similarly honour Ezra Pound in 1999, due to his anti-semitic radio broadcasts in WW2. -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 23:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Can someone add a paragraph about the masonic history of this cathedral? http://anglicanhistory.org/misc/freemasonry/masonic_world1925.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:2879:FEED:E9F4:D78 ( talk) 08:52, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
An interesting thing about this Cathedral is that it can't be completed unless law is overturned, and the Episcopal Church built in Greek-Orthodox form on Park Avenue has set precedent (losing) on that. The article mentions the old orphanage in a Classical building to StJohnnyDee's south side, but nelgects to state that this building has been landmarked. The building's present use has something to do with preserving antique textiles. Since this old building can't be knocked down, they can't put the Cathedral's south arm where it would obviously need to go. It'd be nice to be able to get details on all that from this article. Also is it noted that the rose-pattern for the rose-window is used as a repeating medallion in the nice iron fencing about the place? 2604:2000:C6AA:B400:3182:768A:DE4E:EC2 ( talk) 08:12, 25 June 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
And while it's mentioned that the Cathedral allowed a building on the extreme SE corner of its property, there's no mention that two very large and tall apartment-buildings (or one building with an interruption that would seem to allow for extending the Cathedral's north arm all the way to 113th-street's south-edge sidewalk) are being built in the old stoneyard. They give the impression of being mere inches away from the Cathedral's walls. I don't know how to describe the new apartment-buildings because I'm uneducated and stupid and can't grasp the refined nuances differentiating Neo-Brutalist from Proto-Brutalist, Retro-Brutalist, Brutalist Revival, and Polysyncretometric Hermenautical Brutalism. Maybe this is that Gothic-Brutalist Fusion movement that is all the rage in architecture now. But they're there on the street and yet not here in the article, it seems. At least I couldn't find them. 2604:2000:C6AA:B400:3182:768A:DE4E:EC2 ( talk) 08:12, 25 June 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
The cathedral just got landmarked so someone should update this. 108.54.107.200 ( talk) 21:56, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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For a Good Article, I'm surprised that there's no mention of how the cathedral came to be named after St. John. And which St. John: John the Baptist or John the Apostle? Why "the Divine"? Neither John is regarded as Deity in Christianity, after all. JGHowes talk 18:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)