This Week in Christian History: Jonathan Edwards Elected President of Princeton, National Cathedral Construction

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

National Cathedral Construction Begins - September 29, 1907

Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2008.
Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2008. | (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Martin Künzel)

This week marks the anniversary of when construction began on the Washington National Cathedral, one of the largest church buildings in the world.

Serving as the official Cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, the ceremony in which the foundation stone was laid was attended by approximately 10,000 people, including then President Theodore Roosevelt.

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"I believe so implicitly in the good that will be done by and through this Cathedral," stated Roosevelt in his speech at the ceremony.

The foundation stone, reportedly coming from a field in Bethlehem and set to a piece of American granite, had an inspiration from John 1:14: "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."

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