gothic churches

St. Augustine was a philosopher who came up with the theory that like humans, churchs should be plain and dark on the outside, and beautiful and bring on the inside. 

the inside was full of stained glass windows depicting jesus life and the life of other saints. as the time of the day changed the light hit each window differently, making it look as if it was moving. the christans believed that we are ugly on the outside because we are just humans, or a host for the beautiful godly soul that is trapped in our bodies.