Some architects believe that the taller the building is the more graceful and elegant it becomes. Even the use of stained glassed windows were there to tell stories since in the early church, few could read and write, so the images on the stained glassed windows told stories in the Bible without using words. These church bells were useful for community emergencies like fires but also served as town halls for the community to meet in and the bells made it easy to find the church and the height of the steeple allowed people to see where the church was at, even if they were new to town.
Steeples traditionally were topped with a cross, a weathervane, or a decorative piece but some also contained clocks so that the community could see when services started.
Originally, from the time when reliable clocks were either not around or they were too expensive, but some churches had clocks, some had bells, but almost every church in early America had steeples. Tall steeples were also believed to inhibit evil spirits from entering the church which many Christians believed plagued church buildings. Even the extremely steep roofs, sharp steeples and gargoyles were added to churches in great numbers by parishioners hoping to drive away evil creatures. The thinking was that as difficult to inhabit as they were, they hoped it would drive away evil creatures but mostly, church steeples were built to house bell towers so churches could ring the bell when it was time for worship and everyone could easily hear them from miles around.
The church steeple is for this and aesthetics purposes but lastly, the fear of evil spirits. The bells called us to worship, the steeple told us where worship was, and the verticality of the churches directed our attention upward toward God as we entered the church for worship services and may have originated in Europe.
Even though there are many different ideas about the origins of church steeples, today it is still easy to spot a church from a fairly long distance. The cross atop many a steeple is still drawing people to Christ. Churches in Bavaria, Austria, and points east have historically had domes, not steeples. Steeples have never been a feature of churches in Africa or Asia, either.
This Sunday Scriptures Colors. About Sundays Daily The Calendar. The asherah is found in the scriptures 40 times, always referring to idol worship. The Companion Bible, Appendix 42, defines asherah as the following: "It was an upright pillar connected with Baal-worship, and is associated with the goddess Ashtoreth, being the representation of the productive principal of life, and Baal being the representative of the generative principle.
The image, which represents the Phoenician Ashtoreth, as the sole object of worship in her temple, was an upright block of stone, anointed with oil, and covered with an embroidered cloth. In Deuteronomy we find this warning: "Neither shall you set thee up a pillar; which Yahweh your Elohim hates.
I wonder of Christians know of the symbolic Pagan origins of so much of modern day Christianity. Seek and you shall find …. Skip to content. Here is the church, here is the steeple, open it up and see all the people! Call Toll Free All work is performed in our plant located in Clinton, North Carolina, which includes sales, manufacturing, delivery and installation. Latest News. Church Pew Dimensions October 29,
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