Bryn Athyn Cathedral

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Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	General Church of the New Jerusalem (New Church)
Location
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Geographic coordinates	40°08′04.02″N 75°03′48.58″W / 40.1344500°N 75.0634944°W / 40.1344500; -75.0634944
Architecture
Type	Cathedral
Style	Gothic
Funded by	John Pitcairn Jr.
Groundbreaking	1913
Completed	1928
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Official name: Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Type	Roadside
Criteria	Religion
Designated	September 10, 1947[1]
Parent listing	Bryn Athyn Historic District
Location	Huntingdon Pike (PA 232) in Bryn Athyn at Cathedral
Marker Text	This Swedenborgian center is noted architecturally. Buildings in 14th-century Gothic and 12th-century Romanesque styles. Built by cooperative craft guilds in medieval way. Endowed by John Pitcairn.
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Bryn Athyn Cathedral

Bryn Athyn Cathedral is the episcopal seat of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of Swedenborgianism. The main building is of the Early Gothic style, while the adjoining structures are of a transitional period reflective of a combination of both Gothic and Norman styles. The exterior appearance of the cathedral itself is reminiscent of Gloucester Cathedral in England.

The cathedral is located in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just outside the city of Philadelphia. Bryn Athyn is also the site of the General Church affiliated Academy of the New Church, which publishes Swedenborgian literature, and is the parent organization of a high school, a four-year college (Bryn Athyn College of the New Church), a theological school, and the Emanuel Swedenborg Library.