求圣彼得大教堂的英文简介 ...谢谢

求圣彼得大教堂的英文简介 ...谢谢
求圣彼得大教堂的英文简介 ...谢谢

求圣彼得大教堂的英文简介 ...谢谢
Saint Peter's Basilica
The International Church of Milan is a Bible believing English language fellowship established by men and women seeking to know God and to make Him known.We exist to love,to trust and to make God’s truth known.We love the Lord with all we’ve got – heart,soul,mind and strength – and love others as Christ loves us.We trust Him as our salvation,our provider,and the One who works in us to make us like Him.We teach the truth of God as we find it in His Word,to as many as we possibly can.St.Peter's of Rome Commentary
"St.Peter's,the most magnificent church in Christendom and the fruit of many talents,soars triumphantly above the Vatican Hill.For nearly 150 years,a succession of popes entertained the idea of glorifying the shrine of their patron saint."
"The medal by Caradosso (1506) and the partial plan drawn by Bramante (in the Uffizi,Florence),probably represent the earliest stage of the design,before the difficulties appeared which obliged the architect and his successors to propose,and in some cases implement,numerous changes.These changes related not only to the general conception of the plan—first a Greek cross,then a Latin one—but also to the plan of the transepts,which at one time were to have ambulatories; to the role of the Orders,first purely decorative (Bramante),then structural (Raphael,Michelangelo); and to the construction and shape of the dome,first with a single masonry shell (Bramante),then a double one (Sangallo,Michelangelo).The piers at the crossing,which were intended to support the dome,were one of the biggest problems; too slender in Bramante's plan,they were frequently reinforced...In the 17th century further important modifications were made by Bernini when he created the great colonnade that encircles the Piazza San Pietro."