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Saint John
Window
 The early Church assigned allegorical symbols to each Evangelist. These symbols (rather than portraits) are used in the windows to emphasize that God's ability to reveal himself through the Gospels, and their authority within the canon of Scripture, reach beyond the Evangelists' personal identities and circumstances, to every succeeding place and time. The symbols themselves -- a human, a lion, an ox, and an eagle correspond to the four faces on each of the four "living creatures" (or cherubim), which surround the throne of God." John is shown as an eagle, for in his introduction, and throughout the Gospel, his preaching is high and sublime, revealing not only the incarnation, passion, and resurrection of the Son of God, but also a view of his eternal existence, One with the Father before the beginning of time. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:1-2, 14
Like Stars Appearing: The Story of the Stained Glass
Windows of St. George's Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio | |||
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