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  2. Catacombs - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Christians carved the first catacombs from soft tufa rock. (ref)" (World Book Encyclopedia, page 296) (ref)" (World Book Encyclopedia, page 296) All Roman catacombs were located outside city walls since it was illegal to bury a dead body within the city, [ 4 ] providing "a place…where martyrs ' tombs could be openly marked" and ...

  3. Early Christian inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian inscriptions are the epigraphical remains of early Christianity. They are a valuable source of information in addition to the writings of the Church Fathers regarding the development of Christian thought and life in the first six centuries of the religion's existence. [ 2 ]

  4. Catacombs of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Jewish Catacombs are distinguished from their Christian counterparts by various signs as well as the fact that Jewish people did not visit the dead in the Catacombs. Parts of the Old Testament and the symbol of a candlestick with seven branches have been spotted on the walls of Jewish Catacombs.

  5. Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America - Wikipedia

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    The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America [2] [3] is a Franciscan complex [nb 1] at 14th and Quincy Streets in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. Located on a hill called Mount Saint Sepulcher, [5] and anchored by the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher, [3] it includes gardens, replicas of various shrines throughout Israel, a replica of the catacombs in Rome ...

  6. Christianized sites - Wikipedia

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    In the first centuries of Christianity churches were either house churches in whatever houses were offered for use by their owners, or were shrines on the burial-sites of martyrs or saints, which following the usual classical practice were invariably on the (then) edges of cities—the necropolis was always outside the polis.

  7. St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    By the early 1840s, the number of Catholics in the Diocese of New York had increased to 200,000. [7] [20] As a result, several additional dioceses were created in New York state. Most of New York state's Catholics at the time were Irish. [7] The Diocese of New York was made an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 19, 1850. [21]

  8. Baptism in early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Internet-available illustrations of ancient Christian representations of baptism from as early as the 2nd century include those in CF Rogers, Baptism and Christian Archeology, [136] the chapter "The Didache and the Catacombs" of Philip Schaff's The Oldest Church Manual Called the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, [137] and Wolfrid Cote's The ...

  9. Holy Cross Church (Columbus, Ohio) - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1848 and is the oldest church in Columbus. [3] The church, along with the school and rectory also on the property, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [4] The parish was suppressed and its territory absorbed by St. Joseph Cathedral in 2023, but remains open for public ...