My arms in a clerical form.

[Harold Cannon]

Something I have been thinking about. What are your feelings?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Superb draftmanship, but not the way clergy would normally display their arms. Generally speaking the arms of a simple priest (or pastor) are surmounted by the clerical hat indicative of their rank within their church while those priests of episcopal rank would use the appropriate mitre.

[Harold Cannon]

The only problem I find is that there is no tradition so to speak of in terms of fire service chaplains.

[piperdbh]

The church you are ordained through may or may not have a symbol for its clergy, such as the hats Mac of Rath mentioned. To me, the shepherd's crook and fire axe look contradictory. The crook, to me at least, is a symbol of pastoral care, while the axe is a symbol of destruction, even though it used to quench fires and often save lives. What if, instead of them, you incorporate water somehow? Water is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, of baptism, of life, and is the universal fire-putter-outer.

[MacRobert's Reply]

Beautiful graphics Harold. Clergy often use a lozenge rather than a shield since is less martial.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Clergy often use a lozenge rather than a shield since is less martial.

Really?

[Chas]

Clergy often use a lozenge rather than a shield since is less martial.

I've seen a cartouche used for the clergy.

Regards

Chas