Show ST PAULS A CHURCH WITH A STORY since since postwar post war viar building needs already ba have rubbed london of many historic churches and threaten the ex cs istance of others ot liers those that remain will be enhanced in histo le ic value one of 0 those which will tand stand barring I 1 11 some natural calamity is st pauls cathedral ili thedral edral this ruinous famous church cli like the ED english aish constitution rep represents a growth I 1 of centuries rather than a definite period of construction indeed a request for funds to complete st pours pauls wits was made during the war and En glands esteem for the historic edifice was shown by the continuation or of restoration work throughout the war despite the interruption to practically all other building still fresh freyli in public memory Is the notable service of consecration attended by royalty and distinguished americans then in london held in fit st pauls april 20 1917 1017 to commemorate the entry of the united states into the war st SL pauls is the largest protestant church in the world its dome Is one of the most beautiful the church embodies architectural ideas of many periods because it Is not the product of a generation or r even a century true sir christopher wren Is 9 credited with the structure as it stands today but lie he embodied many features of the famous old st SL pauls razed in the great london fire of wren did not wish the restoration to be utter after the Go gothrick Goth thIck lck rudeness of the old design put but he was wag compelled to modify ills his own plans to a considerable extent said he of the balustrade added over his veto ladles ladies think nothing well without and edging travelers are apt to pass by an inscription on the south porch pediment gam Is ishall ball rise again as a religious reference to the resurrection lon when the architect was surveying the ruins he wished to mark the center of the file projected dome ue lie asked a workman to hand ban him a stone the workman chanced to pick up a chip from an old tomb bearing the inscription eption chich sir christopher adopted the motto was appropriate some historians believe the cramped ludgate hill site ori originally ginalli was that of a roman shrine of diana A christian church Is known to have been built there in the early seventh century it was burned two decades after william the conqueror came to england from the ruins emerged old st pauls fire destroyed that building bull dine too but it was restored on an eien more pretentious tent ious lous scale at the old st pauls john wy culife faced the charpe charge of heresy dales new testament was burned wolsey heard the reading ot of the papal condemnation ot of luther and under pomes cross now marled marked by a memorial heretics were forced to recant and witches to confess |