Matits Ferenc: Protestant Churches - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2003)

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Similarly to other Christian churches and with the exception of a few recent experiments, the external and internal appearance of Protestant churches is based on two fundamental architectural patterns—the centralised (Eastern) and the basilica (Western) arrangement. The puritanical simplicity that abhors external embellishment, the plain white walls and large windows together with the arrangement reflecting the central position occupied by the preaching of the Gospel are in stark contrast with the aspirations of the Catholic Church to give expression to the glory of God with artistic means or its ceremonies associated with ecclesiastical feasts and the liturgy.

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