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Churches are alive with images and
symbols. Quite often people, including regular visitors, do not truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find
there. We now attempt to explain the significance of the church layout,
the symbolism of key scenes and the importance of details such as the use
of colours and letters.
A church is packed with meaning. Outside,
the spire points heavenwards; carvings over the entrance announce the
holiness of the space inside; the aisle that draws you to the altar, with
its ranks of pews on either side, is the gangway of a ship carrying
worshippers to God; the altar, the holy heart of the building, is
contained in a separated and sacred space; all around, numbers, colours,
the figures depicted in the altarpiece paintings and the scenes in the
stained glass, points to aspects of Christian teachings about God.
Please click on any of the titles listed in
the table above for descriptions of these subjects.
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