Excerpt from Sussex Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, Vol. 38 Besides the beauty which paintings confer on the interiors of churches, it was seen from the first that pictorial representations could be made powerful instru ments in teaching the doctrines of the Church to the poor and unlettered, and it is not an exaggeration to say that in such mediaeval works of art there is hardly to be found a detail which is not an embodiment of some theological Opinion of the Fathers, or of a commonly received belief or legend. The Venerable Bede shows us how ictures were used in his da to exhibit the relations 'p between the Old and New Eispensations, as a reference to his works will inform us, as do those of other writers of the same period.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.