Talk:Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
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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 (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=49897)]). 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)