The general idea of the use of a church porch at the present time
is apparently that it is a useful place for wet umbrellas, and,
while no word can be raised against so admirable a purpose, it was
not the object for which it was originally designed. The uses of a
porch were manifold, and we shall follow the development of the
structure and the various purposes for which it was erected. As the
porch is the approach to, and actually part of, the entrance to the
material fabric of the church, so the font is the structure for the
outward circumstances of the baptismal rite, whereby one enters
into the spiritual life of the Church. Only those who fully
understand the Christian's standpoint can grasp its real purpose,
and many nominal Churchmen fail to see any use in the structure
more than that which any small vessel would supply. In the
corporeal and spiritual access to the Church is found the harmony
of this dual subject.. In the second part of this volume we shall
see how the font came to be placed immediately within the principal
entrance of a parish church; and we shall endeavour to trace its
material development according to the art of the period; and we
shall see how it retained the principal feature of its earlier form
until after the Reformation, unaffected by the change of method in
the rite from that practised in the rest of Western Christendom.
General
| Imprint: |
University Press of the Pacific
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2003 |
| First published: |
October 2003 |
| Authors: |
J. Charles Wall
|
| Dimensions: |
204 x 128 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
372 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4102-0891-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
Religious buildings
|
| LSN: |
1-4102-0891-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781410208910 |
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