"I think we must dare to say that liturgical expression must strive after beauty, since it is a process of nuptial preparation, and since the Church of which [worship] is the epiphany is called to appear before its Lord 'in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing' (Eph 5:27)." ~Jean-Jacques von Allmen, Worship: Its Theology and Practice (New York: Oxford, 1965),