Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome: The Christian monuments of RomeA. and C. Black, 1900 - Catacombs |
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Agnes Agnese altar-piece ancient Apostles Appia apse arch arcosolium Armellini atrium basilica beautiful beneath bishop body built buried called Callistus Cardinal cata catacomb Cecilia cemetery centre century chapel Christ Christian church Clement columns Constantine cross crypt cubiculum Damasus death decorated dedicated Diocletian Domenichino Domitilla door entrance erected Eucharist excavated façade faith feast day figure frescoes galleries Giovanni Greek Gregory high altar holy Honorius inscription John Lateran left aisle Liber Pontificalis loculi Lorenzo Lucina Madonna marble Maria martyrdom martyrs monastery monument mosaic nave Niccolò nimbus oratory original pagan paintings Paolo persecution Peter and Paul Piazza Pietro Pietro da Cortona Pius placed Pope Porta portico Prætextatus Praxedis Priscilla Pudentiana rebuilt region relics represented restored Roman Rome roof Rossi sacristy saints sarcophagus scenes Sebastian sepulchral side Sixtus symbol temple tion titular titular church titulus tomb transept Trastevere tribune Vatican Via Appia VIII Virgin walls
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Page 36 - Moreover, that the images of Christ, of the Virgin Mother of God, and of the other saints, are to be had and retained particularly in temples, and that due honor and veneration are to be given them...
Page 148 - It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.
Page 36 - ... worshipped; or that anything is to be asked of them; or, that trust is to be reposed in images, as was of old done by the Gentiles who placed their hope in idols; but because the honour which is shown them is referred to the prototypes which...
Page 28 - Male facit ergo Romanus episcopus? qui, super mortuorum hominum, Petri et Pauli, secundum nos, ossa veneranda . . . offert Domino sacrificia, et tumulos eorum Christi arbitratur altaria.
Page 41 - Now this would not b.'ivn happened unless the body of Elisha were holy. And chaste Joseph embraced Jacob after he was dead upon his bed; and Moses and Joshua the son of Nun carried away the relics of Joseph, and did not esteem it a defilement.
Page 302 - Presbyter, Card. Successor quisquis fueris, rogo te, per gloriam Dei, et per merita horum martyrum, nihil demito, nihil minuito, nee mutato ; restitutam antiquitatem pie servato ; sic Deus martyrum suorum precibus semper adjuvet I " The chancel is raised and surrounded by an inlaid marble screen.
Page 49 - I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die.
Page 386 - Libera, Domine, animam servi tui, sicut liberasti tres pueros de camino ignis ardentis, et de manu regis iniqui.
Page 316 - Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" 22Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
Page 41 - Nor abhor the relics of such persons, but avoid such observances, for they are foolish. And adorn yourselves with holiness and chastity, that ye may become partakers of immortality, and partners of the kingdom of God, and may receive the promise of God, and may rest for ever, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.