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Window: E, N Side , St Teresa (RC), Princes Risborough

Location in Church:	N Side
Type:	9 lights, arranged in 3 groups of 3.
Size (width x height):	4' 7" x 1' 4" or 1.40m x 0.40m
Window Size - Notes:	Each individual light is the same size.
Subject(s):	A series of 9 scenes depicting FIRE, derived from the Old and New Testaments, in which God allows his Power to be seen.
Subject(s) - Notes:	The relevant Bible Text for each of the 9 scenes is quoted here with the main photo of each individual light. The Quotations used are generally from the NRSVACE: New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, of 1989.
Date Made:	1999
Craftsman:	Joseph Ambrose Nuttgens, Maker
Craftsman - Notes:	Joseph Nuttgens was a Parishioner of St Teresa's church.
Sources for Dates & Craftsmen:	Church Guides, and Makers Marks.
Dedicated to:	Installed for new Millennium.
Donated by:	Donations from Parishioners .
Makers Mark on Window:	Joseph Ambrose Nuttgens
Notes on Window:	Joseph Nuttgens continued the theme of FIRE in the next window (F) above the original vestibule. More... Nuttgens windows on the theme of Water are on the opposite side of the church, included here as windows G and H.

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		Window in Situ from interior .
		Window in Situ from exterior .
		Overall View of Glass, 9 lights which have been compressed together for this image.
		Group of Lights 1 to 3.
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		Photos of each light 1-3: (Click thumbnail to show 9 detail image thumbnails)
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		Light 1: THE BEGINNING - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1).
		Light 1, top: Earth, with other planets.
		Light 1, base: More planets.
		Light 2: THE EXPULSION FROM PARADISE - "He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted cherubs, and the flame of a flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of life." (Genesis 3:24).
		Light 2, top: Cherub with a fiery sword.
		Light 2, base: Adam and Eve are banished.
		Light 3: ELIJAH'S PRAYER - "God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let them know today that you are God in Israel." (1 Kings 18:36).
		Light 3, top: Prophet Elijah praying.
		Light 3, base: Flames swirl down from heaven to consume Elijah's offering.
		Group of Lights 4 to 6.
		Photos of each light 4-6: (Click thumbnail to show 9 detail image thumbnails)
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		Light 4: THE LORD SPEAKS TO ELIJAH AT HEROB - "After the fire there came the sound of the gentle breeze." (1 Kings 19.12).
		Light 4, top: God addresses Elijah more quietly.
		Light 4, base: The Prophet Elijah covers his face.
		Light 5: THE IMAGE OF GOLD AND THE BLAZING FURNACE - "The angel of the Lord came down into the furnace. He drove the flames of the fire outwards so that the fire did not touch them or cause them any pain or distress." (Daniel 3.49-50).
		Light 5, top: Angel blowing the flames outwards.
		Light 5, base: Azariah and his companions are saved from the flames. (Azariah is also known by his Babylonian name of Abednego)
		Light 6: THE TRANSFIGURATION - "His face shone like the sun" (Matthew 17:2).
		Light 6, top: The Transfiguration, Jesus with Moses and Elijah.
		Light 6, base: Peter, James and his bother John on the mountain below.
		Group of Lights 7 to 9.
		Photos of each light 7-9: (Click thumbnail to show 12 detail image thumbnails)
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		Light 7: JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES - "Peace be with you . . . . The disciples were filled with joy." (John:20:19-20).
		Light 7, top: Jesus appears to the Disciples, with the Holy Spirit above.
		Light 7: Jesus with 9 of the Disciples.
		Light 7, base: The 3 in green at the back make a total of the 12 disciples.
		Light 7: Makers Mark at base of window (Joseph Nuttgens 1999).
		Light 8: ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS - "Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road?" (Luke 24:32).
		Light 8, top: The Journey to Emmaus.
		Light 8: Jesus speaks to the 2 followers (or disciples) on the road.
		Light 8, base: The 2 who urged Jesus to stay and have supper with them.
		Light 9: THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT PENTECOST - "Something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire . . . . They were all filled with the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:3-4).
		Light 9, top: Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descends on the Apostles with ribbons of fire.
		Light 9, base: The ribbons of fire have separated into individual tongues of flame over each Apostle.