Beauty is Power?

This photo was taken inside of the Catedral Metropolitana de Granada and is focused mainly on the dome of the central worshipping area in the cathedral. There were many beautiful sculptures, paintings, etc inside the cathedral but I was captivated by the light blue background with tons of tiny gold stars with the colorful stain-glass pictures encompassing it. To me, it is as if you are staring up into the heavens. In the U.S. we don't have churches or cathedrals like this, so it is always a great opportunity to learn about and admire cathedrals in foreign places that hold so much history and beauty. One thing I thought that was very interesting, however, was how greedy and deceiving the priests were when it came to sharing this beauty and the obvious wealth it took to create such a masterpiece, hundreds of years ago. The beauty that I saw was built with the mission of boasting wealth, power and control, rather than creating a lovely house of worship. Today, the issue has died down because no matter how people think about it, they want the church to stay how it is to tell its story for years to come.