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The front of the church has one window
for each of the Persons of the Trinity: The
Father (right), The Son (left), and The Holy
Spirit (above). Two of the windows on the front of the church
are not easily seen on the inside. The top of the "God the Father"
window can only be seen by looking down from the
choir loft. The bottom can be seen in the
sacristy. The "God the Son" window can be seen
in the lower and upper parts of the staircase to
the choir loft. The "Spirit" window can easily be seen
in the choir loft.
The IHS is an ancient symbol for Jesus. It uses the first two and last letters of the Greek word for Jesus - IHCOYC (the Y actually being a lambda and the C a sigma which becomes S in the latin alphabet). A horizontal line over the letters would be a sign that it was an abbreviation. Here the line is stylized into a crown, symbol of Christ's kingship. |
