Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

"We don't expect any great discovery from Roman catacombs. Early Christians didn't bury objects with the dead. As for now, we have only found inscriptions and human remains." ...

overlooked mention of the catacombs (cemeteries) converted to active worship spaces in the 1st and 2nd centuries. Early Christians were practicing their “illegal” faith privately underground.

Another thing that makes the catacombs significant is that they document the development of the early Christian art. Prior to ...

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Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...