Passion Week In Rome 50 Years

Author : Philip Schaff
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364047415
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Passion Week in Rome Fifty Years Ago (Classic Reprint) written by Philip Schaff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Passion Week in Rome Fifty Years Ago In the evening I visited the small Church of Caravita, near the Collegio Romano, to witness the scourging scene, which is enacted three times a week during the whole of Lent, and takes place at seven o'clock. First, priests recited the story of the Passion. Then they put out all the lights and shut all the doors. A chorister boy went around offering whips, which consist of two pretty thick thongs. Then, in this mysterious darkness, in this unbroken silence, a priest went to the altar and delivered an impassioned but short sermon about Judas, painting him in dark colors, and declaring that his hearers were still worse than was the faithless disciple, and that they had often betrayed the Lord by thoughts and words. But continuing, he said so can and must it not continue. We must all drive out of our hearts this traitorous Judas spirit. Ye who are burdened with sins, drive out J udas! Thus he cried out in a loud voice, and at once all fell to whipping themselves lustily. In the midst of the noisy procedure, the priest began to pray a penitent prayer, Saviour, Saviour, have mercy upon us! After the scourging, which lasted a short quarter of an hour, the lights were lit again and the litany was sung. The whole scene makes a deep impression. The poor people, mostly from the lowest class, that scourge themselves are certainly not the worst offenders in this Babylon. The whole service, indicating the heart's discontent with itself and its longing after purity and the death of the old nature, represents what the Protestant doctrine of justification stands for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.