tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post1719889797695955557..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: Learning to Live in England, Part 09Anastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-74227827669039581322010-06-21T11:23:10.546-04:002010-06-21T11:23:10.546-04:00Thanks for the education re roosters; that's i...Thanks for the education re roosters; that's interesting!Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-21342163829176786352010-06-18T08:29:55.631-04:002010-06-18T08:29:55.631-04:00The rooster will be a weather-vane as well I think...The rooster will be a weather-vane as well I think. <br /><br />Wonderful point about the ten minutes at the till. I had a priest once who said sins weren't sins unless we DID something and I always felt wretched because I know so much of what goes through my head is sin but I could never confess it.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-46865241487680352612010-06-18T06:45:19.000-04:002010-06-18T06:45:19.000-04:00I don't know for certain, but I believe the ro...I don't know for certain, but I believe the rooster is there to remind people to always confess Jesus is the Christ - a reminder of what Peter didn't do in Luke 22:34.<br /><br />I've studied medieval ecclesiastical architecture and at one time had hoped there would be a way to get an advanced degree in it, but it turns out it is just a dissertation topic. <br /><br />I believe the rooster on the steeple began around AD 1000 if I remember correctly and the cross on a steeple is the more modern idea.<br /><br />As a side note, you don't find a lot of churches from before 1000 in Western Europe, not because people didn't have them, but because they were all made of wood. They didn't really start using stone and brick because those materials were so expensive until the "turn of the millenium" when they realized that perhaps it would be longer 'til Jesus returned than they had previously thought! Before then, they lived in constant expectation - why do all that work if the end of the age/earth was imminent?<br /><br />It sounds like you are having such a wonderful time. I am envious of your time there.Anam Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960986859370967282noreply@blogger.com