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Cathedral architecture
Hi there! Thanks for you edits to this page. I don't want to be too discouraging, by I deleted them, and I want to explain the reason.
 * Firstly, everybody has their favouurite and would like to see it included, bbut there is really only room for a few on that page which is very long already. If you look to the lists at the bottom, you'll see there are only a very few of the absolute architecturally top cathedrals that are listed. All the others cabn be located at List of Cathedrals.
 * When I am citing examples, I vary them between countries. I would not give Oxford and Birmingham as the two examples of small Cathedrals, because they are both in England, and that section is general. So I picked the most significant ancient example of a really little Cathedral. It doesn't need two, because the intro needs to move along briskly...there is a lot to say.
 * The article is about Cathedral architecture, not just about cathedrals in general. The term "Cathedral architecture" implies that it is "Cathedral style" ie, it was built for cathedral type liturgy and function. This category includes many abbey churches and some (but not all) Basilicas. That means it includes St. Peter's Rome, St Mark's Venice etc. But iit doen't include Parish Churches that have been raised to the status of cathedral. Birmingham cathedrall now has the function of a cathedral, but it is actually a big parish church. Because of this, I wouldn't discuss it in that article.

If you take a look at the article called Cathedral, then, its much more about the function.

A prime example of a cathedral that is very small, was designed as a cathedral, and has cathedral architecture is St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. --Amandajm 10:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)