I say this because both senses of place are true, and the two are inseparable. The bishop presides as God’s vicar in a particular diocese. And the bishop presides in God’s house—His holy temple—which is the cathedral. It would be impossible to speak of the cathedral as God’s house without speaking of the bishop as the image of God’s fatherhood on earth. Our word cathedral has a rich scriptural pedigree. It comes from kathedra, which means “seat of honor” and appears in the Septuagint and other Greek