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Author : James Spencer Northcote
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Roman Catacombs written by James Spencer Northcote and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Christian Catacombs of Rome written by Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the Christian catacombs of Rome and presents the current state of research and knowledge concerning these extraordinary monuments that provide the most tangible and eloquent testimony of early Christianity. This volume is intended to represent the official publication on the Christian catacombs of Rome, prepared directly by members of the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra. Through association with this commission, it has been possible to publish the most recent and up to date graphic and photographic documentation of the excavations and restorations carried out in the last few years in preparation for the Great Jubilee Year of 2000. It should be a useful and valuable didactic tool for visiting the catacombs of Rome, that, as the Holy Father has noted on numerous occasions, represent manditory destinations for all the pilgrims who will come to Rome in the year 2000 from all over the world. - Introduction.
Author : Matilda Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)
Download or read book The Churches and Catacombs of Early Christian Rome written by Matilda Webb and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Erdkamp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521896290
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome written by Paul Erdkamp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists.
Author : William Henry Withrow
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465602933
Total Pages : 739 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (656 download)
Download or read book The Catacombs of Rome and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity written by William Henry Withrow and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work, it is hoped, will supply a want long felt in the literature of the Catacombs. That literature, it is true, is very voluminous; but it is for the most part locked up in rare and costly folios in foreign languages, and inaccessible to the general reader. Recent discoveries have refuted some of the theories and corrected many of the statements of previous books in English on this subject; and the present volume is the only one in which the latest results of exploration are fully given, and interpreted from a Protestant point of view. The writer has endeavored to illustrate the subject by frequent pagan sepulchral inscriptions, and by citations from the writings of the Fathers, which often throw much light on the condition of early Christian society. The value of the work is greatly enhanced, it is thought, by the addition of many hundreds of early Christian inscriptions carefully translated, a very large proportion of which have never before appeared in English. Those only who have given some attention to epigraphical studies can conceive the difficulty of this part of the work. The defacements of time, and frequently the original imperfection of the inscriptions and the ignorance of their writers, demand the utmost carefulness to avoid errors of interpretation. The writer has been fortunate in being assisted by the veteran scholarship of the Rev. Dr. McCaul, well known in both Europe and America as one of the highest living authorities in epigraphical science, under whose critical revision most of the translations have passed. Through the enterprise of the publishers this work is more copiously illustrated, from original and other sources, than any other work on the subject in the language; thus giving more correct and vivid impressions of the unfamiliar scenes and objects delineated than is possible by any mere verbal description. References are given, in the foot-notes, to the principal authorities quoted, but specific acknowledgment should here be made of the authorÕs indebtedness to the Cavaliere De RossiÕs Roma Sotterranea and Inscriptiones Christian¾, by far the most important works on this fascinating but difficult subject. Believing that the testimony of the Catacombs exhibits, more strikingly than any other evidence, the immense contrast between primitive Christianity and modern Romanism, the author thinks no apology necessary for the somewhat polemical character of portions of this book which illustrate that fact. He trusts that it will be found a contribution of some value to the historical defense of the truth against the corruptions and innovations of Popish error.
Author : Gregory S. Athnos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666777323
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book The Art of the Roman Catacombs written by Gregory S. Athnos and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every story in catacomb art is a tale of deliverance, a tale of the powerlessness of death and the certainty of the resurrection. Looking back through fifteen hundred years of Christian art, it appears the crucifixion of Jesus holds the highest place. We haven’t looked back far enough. Go back to the first three centuries after Jesus walked among us. Walk the dark corridors of those subterranean burial chambers of the persecuted Christians. There we find a much different theology at work: a theology with resurrection hope and power at the center. If catacomb art were all we had of Christian theology and practice from the first three centuries AD—no Scriptures—we would have no choice but to conclude that the first message of the Christian faith was the Easter gospel.
Author : Nicola Denzey
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807013188
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Bone Gatherers written by Nicola Denzey and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bone gatherers found in the annals and legends of the early Roman Catholic Church were women who collected the bodies of martyred saints to give them a proper burial. They have come down to us as deeply resonant symbols of grief: from the women who anointed Jesus's crucified body in the gospels to the Pietà, we are accustomed to thinking of women as natural mourners, caring for the body in all its fragility and expressing our deepest sorrow. But to think of women bone gatherers merely as mourners of the dead is to limit their capacity to stand for something more significant. In fact, Denzey argues that the bone gatherers are the mythic counterparts of historical women of substance and means-women who, like their pagan sisters, devoted their lives and financial resources to the things that mattered most to them: their families, their marriages, and their religion. We find their sometimes splendid burial chambers in the catacombs of Rome, but until Denzey began her research for The Bone Gatherers, the monuments left to memorialize these women and their contributions to the Church went largely unexamined. The Bone Gatherers introduces us to once-powerful women who had, until recently, been lost to history—from the sorrowing mothers and ghastly brides of pagan Rome to the child martyrs and women sponsors who shaped early Christianity. It was often only in death that ancient women became visible—through the buildings, burial sites, and art constructed in their memory—and Denzey uses this archaeological evidence, along with ancient texts, to resurrect the lives of several fourth-century women. Surprisingly, she finds that representations of aristocratic Roman Christian women show a shift in the value and significance of womanhood over the fourth century: once esteemed as powerful leaders or patrons, women came to be revered (in an increasingly male-dominated church) only as virgins or martyrs—figureheads for sexual purity. These depictions belie a power struggle between the sexes within early Christianity, waged via the Church's creation and manipulation of collective memory and subtly shifting perceptions of women and femaleness in the process of Christianization. The Bone Gatherers is at once a primer on how to "read" ancient art and the story of a struggle that has had long-lasting implications for the role of women in the Church.
Author : Adia Konikoff
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515057738
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Sarcophagi from the Jewish Catacombs of Ancient Rome written by Adia Konikoff and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1990 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive inventory of all known sarcophagi from the Jewish catacombs of Rome, is the first specialized treatment of this subject in monograph form. It describes and analyses each sarcophagus and provides full reference material which it critically examines. This work thus fills a lacuna in the literature on this field, which has up to now been confined to the treatment of early Christian and pagan sarcophagi of the period. �We have here a complete overview of the Jewish sarcophagi of ancient Rome, all of them illustrated by photographs and provided with extensive bibliographies. This work thus fills a lacuna in the literature on this field.� Journal for the Study of Judaism �Until this book, however, no one has attempted to assemble all of the Jewish sarcophagi separately in one place and to provide relevant information in the form of a well-ordered catalogue. For this reason, Konikoff's book provides a welcome resource for anyone interested in the material evidence of ancient Judaism and forms a good beginning for study of the sarcophagi, especially from a bibliographic point of view.� Gnomon .
Author : James De Mille
Publisher : Best Classic Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Martyr of the Catacombs written by James De Mille and published by Best Classic Books . This book was released on 1956 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Maitland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Church in the Catacombs written by Charles Maitland and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philippe Pergola
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788881621019
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Christian Rome written by Philippe Pergola and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The catacombs -- including several labyrinthine burial grounds and underground places of worship -- along with numerous Roman churches and basilicas are depicted with overlays that show how they look today and how they likely appeared in early Christian times.
Author : Bernard Green
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567032507
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Christianity in Ancient Rome written by Bernard Green and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: of the Pope." --Book Jacket.
Author : Paul Koudounaris
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500251959
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Heavenly Bodies written by Paul Koudounaris and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing visual history of the veneration in European churches and monasteries of bejeweled and decorated skeletons Death has never looked so beautiful. The fully articulated skeleton of a female saint, dressed in an intricate costume of silk brocade and gold lace, withered fingers glittering with colorful rubies, emeralds, and pearls—this is only one of the specially photographed relics featured in Heavenly Bodies. In 1578 news came of the discovery in Rome of a labyrinth of underground tombs, which were thought to hold the remains of thousands of early Christian martyrs. Skeletons of these supposed saints were subsequently sent to Catholic churches and religious houses in German-speaking Europe to replace holy relics that had been destroyed in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. The skeletons, known as “the catacomb saints,” were carefully reassembled, richly dressed in fantastic costumes, wigs, crowns, jewels, and armor, and posed in elaborate displays inside churches and shrines as reminders to the faithful of the heavenly treasures that awaited them after death. Paul Koudounaris gained unprecedented access to religious institutions to reveal these fascinating historical artifacts. Hidden for over a century as Western attitudes toward both the worship of holy relics and death itself changed, some of these ornamented skeletons appear in publication here for the first time.
Author : Nicholas Patrick Wiseman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs written by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Early Christians in Rome written by Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Demby
Publisher : Boston : Northeastern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781555530990
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Catacombs written by William Demby and published by Boston : Northeastern University Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative and experimental story of friendship and conflict in times of racial strife.
Author : Conquest Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (869 download)
Download or read book The Martyr of the Catacombs written by Conquest Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcellus, a young captain in the Praetorian Guards, must find and capture Christians. His search leads him deep into the Catacombs, where he learns about the God of the Bible by steadfast Christians who live underground. Soon afterward his conversion, his faith is put to the ultimate test. The Martyr of the Catacombs traces the history of the early church in ancient Rome, and portrays the severe persecution it experienced.
