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送交者: gems 2008月06月30日13:16:43 於 [彩虹之約] 發送悄悄話
回  答: 血的輝煌,信的美麗--羅馬(3天嬰 於 2008-06-30 09:34:21
Story of Catacombs:

Catacombs are underground burial places. In the early days of Christianity, due to the persecutions, the Church had to go "underground". Because the belief of "communion of saints", tombs of deceased believers became an ideal people for gathering and worship. So early church world organized it as "burial association" which provided free burial services for anyone.

At the beginning, the government was very happy about it. They did not need to worry about dead people on the street any more (which was pretty common in early human history). The "burial association" would take care of it for free.

Then they realized what was happening "underground".

The policy changed to:
whoever found gathering underground without permissions would be sent to jail. Then…

Six Popes were martyred for them. Among them, Pope St. Sixtus II was caught in the middle of performing Mass. His head was cut off on the altar right there.
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  在羅馬,我去了一個3-4世紀的教堂 - 天嬰 06/30/08 (201)
  是的,所以,教會的壁畫藝術是從墳塋開始的 /無內容 - 天嬰 06/30/08 (183)
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