 I could not but observe the striking similarity in these arrangements to those now existing in all the martyr churches of Rome. Antiquity at least and the example of the primitive Church are on the side of the Catholics. "The same slab," says Prudentius,...  Diary of an Idle Woman in Italy - Page 104by Frances Minto Elliot - 1871Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...catacombs, when the Lord's Supper was administered, the tomb of a martyr served for the holy table. " The same slab (says Prudentius) gives the sacrament,...sepulchre in hope of the eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricolae with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand the altar for those... | |
 | Charles Maitland - Catacombs - 1846 - 362 pages
...Servat ad aeterni spem judicis ossa sepulchro, Pascit item sanctis Tibricolas dapibus." The same slab gives the sacrament, and faithfully guards the martyr's...sepulchre in hope of the eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricolse with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand the altar for those... | |
 | Charles Maitland - Catacombs - 1846 - 340 pages
...Servat ad seterni spem judicis ossa sepulchre, Pascit item sanctis Tibricolas dapibus." The same slab gives the sacrament, and faithfully guards the martyr's...sepulchre in hope of the eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricolae with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand the altar for those... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 pages
...as standing by the grave of Hippolytus : — " That slab gives the sacrament, and at the same time faithfully guards the martyr's remains ; it preserves...sepulchre in hope of the eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricolae with sacred food. Great is the sanctity of the place, and there is a ready altar for those... | |
 | Church history - 1855 - 272 pages
...especial saint, the tomb of the dead serving as the altar to the living. I could not but observe the striking similarity in these arrangements to those...sepulchre, in hope of the Eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricolce with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand is the altar for... | |
 | 1855 - 278 pages
...especial saint, the tomb of the dead serving as the altar to the living. I could not but observe the striking similarity in these arrangements to those...sepulchre, in hope of the Eternal judge, and feeds the Tibricola with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand is the altar for those... | |
 | Frances Minto Elliot - Rome - 1872 - 338 pages
...especial saint, the tomb of the dead serving as the altar to the living. I could not but observe the striking similarity in these arrangements to those...sepulchre in hope of the Eternal Judge, and feeds the Tibricoltz with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand is the altar for... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1876 - 580 pages
...Mira loci pietas, et prompta precantibus ara." " That slab gives the sacrament, and at the same time faithfully guards the martyr's remains ; it preserves...sepulchre in hope of the eternal Judge, and feeds the Tibricolae with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand the altar for those... | |
 | William Henry Withrow - Catacombs - 1877 - 572 pages
...Mira loci pietas, et prompta precantibus ara." " That slab gives the sacrament, and at the same time faithfully guards the martyr's remains ; it preserves...sepulchre in hope of the Eternal Judge, and feeds the dwellers by the Tiber with sacred food. Great is the sanctity of the place, and it offers a ready altar... | |
 | Frances Elliot - Rome - 1882 - 304 pages
...especial saint, the tomb of the dead serving as the altar to the living. I could not but observe the striking similarity in these arrangements to those...sepulchre in hope of the Eternal Judge, and feeds the Tibricola with sacred meat. Great is the sanctity of the place, and near at hand is the altar for those... | |
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