Przestrzeń sakralna kościoła pw. św. Mikołaja w Bydgoszczy

Abstract

The article discusses the sacred space of St Nicholas Church in Bydgoszcz. Its particular elements serving worship-related purposes are presented in historical, liturgical and legal perspectives. It is important to consider church interior as a sign of the presence of Christ and His Mystical Body, and simultaneously as an image of the Church as God’s people. Its space must be so arranged as to include three liturgical centres: a mass presider’s pulpit; a lectern or a table of the Word; and a main altar, also referred to as a Eucharistic table. Church space should facilitate contact with Christ and underline the unity of God’s people and their hierarchical structure. As well as that, it has specific catechetical values, but should primarily serve liturgical purposes. The choice of words is important here: theologically, it is more appropriate to speak of church structure and space rather than sacred structure and space.