3361 We are to suppose the appearance of a bush burning but not consumed (Exod.
3:2), a device adopted by the Scottish Church in its armorial bearings. Scotland apparently took that emblem and motto (Nes tamen consumebatur, 'nevertheless it was not consumed') from the Synod of the Reformed Church of France, which had adopted it in 1583. (I am indebted for this information to the Rev. D.Y. Robertson, Chaplain of the Church of Scotland in Simla , India ). The real explanation of the Burning Bush will be found in
27:8. n. 3245: it was not a fire, but a reflection of the Glory of God.