الكاتدرائية مقابل البازيليكا مقابل الكنيسة: كرسي الأسقف، لقب بابوي، ومكان للعبادة

A cathedral is the church where a bishop has his chair, the cathedra, and it is the main church of his diocese. A basilica is a church the pope has honored with that title. Every building set apart for Christian worship is a church, and a chapel is a smaller place of worship that serves a particular group. So a cathedral takes its name from a chair. A teacher’s seat has long stood for authority, and Jesus spoke of the…