. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . M ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE Two texts are quoted in this connection,viz., Heb. xi. 34, where the author is writingabout the heroes of faith who quenched theviolence of fire, and also Gods words inIs. xliii. 2 : When thou passest throughthe waters, I will be with thee ; and throughthe rivers, they shall not overflow thee; whenthou walkest through the fire thou shalt notbe burned ; neither shall the flame kindleupon thee. It is curious to note to what perverse usemediaeval writers put the words of the Bible. 93 CHAPT
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . M ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE Two texts are quoted in this connection,viz., Heb. xi. 34, where the author is writingabout the heroes of faith who quenched theviolence of fire, and also Gods words inIs. xliii. 2 : When thou passest throughthe waters, I will be with thee ; and throughthe rivers, they shall not overflow thee; whenthou walkest through the fire thou shalt notbe burned ; neither shall the flame kindleupon thee. It is curious to note to what perverse usemediaeval writers put the words of the Bible. 93 CHAPTER VI THE SHEEP, TIGER, WHALE AND FISH, WOLF In old Roman churches sheep were types ofthe Apostles, as they gathered round theAgnus Dei. They are represented in bas-relief under the vault of the apse of thesechurches. Sometimes Christ will be depictedwith a lamb in His arms, and surroundedby sheep, as on early paintings and engravedgems in the catacombs. Here the sheep will, of course, signify theflock of Christ. An example with somewhatthe same meaning, perhaps, may be se
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