[928] Among other traces of primitive Christianity among the latter are their married clergy and abhorrence of images. “We are Christians, not idolaters,” they said to the Jesuit missionaries, who presented for their homage images of the Virgin Mary.
[929] The name of Pius is substituted for Deus in one well-known Latin hymn. Another pentecostal hymn to the Holy Spirit is addressed directly to the present pontiff. The growth of this dogma of infallibility, the distinguished French ecclesiastic, Père Gratry, asserts, “was utterly gangrened with imposture.” The stultification of the human intellect was never more strikingly exemplified than in the dictum of Bellarmine: Vera sunt vera et falsa sunt falsa; sed si ecclesia dixit vera esse falsa et falsa esse vera, falsa sunt vera et vera sunt falsa.
[930] Adv. Praxean.
INDEX.
- Abraham, frescoes of, [289].
- Acclamations to the departed, [441]-[443];
- pagan do., [444].
- Acolytes, [517].
- Adam, fall of, [224];
- receiving sentence, [225].
- Adornment, female, [497], [498].
- Agape, the, [545];
- Agnes, St., Catacomb of, [192]-[197];
- Altar, [543], [544];
- Amphitheatre, games of, [488];
- suppressed, [489].
- Ampullæ, or blood cups (?), [369].
- Anchor, symbolical, [234].
- Anthropomorphism, [352]-[361].
- Appian Way, [164]-[166].
- Arcosolia, [25], [30].
- Areas, sepulchral, [37], [56], note [45], [168]-[171], [183];
- Arenaria, [38]-[44], [197], [199].
- Art, early Christian, [203], et seq.;
- compared with pagan do., [205], [209]-[213], [391], [392], [480];
- first employment of, [206], [208];
- sprang out of pagan do., [206]-[208];
- character of, [210], [211];
- pagan influence in, [210]-[214], [240]-[243], [303], [364], [388], [391], [480], [505];
- becomes florid, [220];
- avoidance of passion of Christ or martyrs, [227], [273], [274];
- joyous character of, [228];
- symbolism in, [325], et seq., see [“Symbols”];
- Virgin Mary in, see [“Mary”];
- Christ in, see [“Christ”];
- God and Holy Ghost in, see [“Anthropomorphism”];
- domestic art, [364]-[366].
- Autun, ichthyic inscription at, [257]-[259].
- Baptism, [532]-[541];
- Biblical Cycle, [282], et seq.;
- Bishops, [507]-[511], [524], [525];
- Bosio, [152]-[155].
- Burial clubs, pagan, [66]-[68];
- Burial near martyrs, supposed efficacy of, [128]-[132].
- Burial, subterranean, why adopted, [50], [54];
- Cain and Abel, [285].
- Callixtus, Catacomb of, [167]-[183];
- history of, [173].
- Carpenter, implements of, [231].
- Catacombs, origin of word, [11], note [1];
- described by Prudentius, [11], [124];
- by Jerome, [34];
- present appearance of, [12], et seq., [37], [44], [45], [195];
- associations of, [13], [14], [45], [46], [201];
- extent of, [14], and note [5], [15];
- entrances to, [15], [16], [170], [189], [191], [195];
- structure of, [11], et seq., [168], et seq.;
- galleries, [16]-[19];
- loculi, [19]-[24];
- cubicula, [24]-[31];
- different levels of, [31]-[33];
- luminari, [34], [35];
- origin of, [37], [38], [49], and note [31], [55], [56], note [44], [58], [200];
- not pagan arenaria, [38]-[44];
- geology of, [16], [39];
- perils of exploring, [46]-[48];
- Jewish, [49]-[53], [188];
- not offspring of fear, [58];
- protected by law, [62], [63];
- those of first century, [73];
- reflect history of the church, [99]-[104], [124], [136], [137];
- a refuge from persecution, [84], [87], note [118], [100]-[104];
- secret stairway in, [101], [174];
- disuse and abandonment of, [150], et seq.;
- restoration and adornment of, [124], [136], [137];
- spoliation of, [137], [154];
- destruction of, [145]-[147];
- Mediæval employment of, [146], [147];
- pilgrimages to, [136], [148], [175], [176];
- re-discovery and exploration of, [150], et seq.;
- literature of, [151]-[163];
- present control of, [161];
- principal ones, account of, [164], et seq.;
- of Callixtus, [167]-[183];
- of Prætextatus, [183];
- of Sebastian, [184];
- of Domitilla, [189];
- of Nereus and Achilles, ib.;
- of St. Helena, [190];
- of St. Cyriaca, [191];
- of St. Agnes, [194]-[197];
- of Alexander, [197];
- of St. Priscilla, [198];
- art of, [203], et seq., see [“Art”];
- Mithraic tomb in, [214]-[218];
- symbolism of, [225], et seq.;
- Biblical Cycle of, [282], et seq.;
- gilt glasses, etc., of, [362], et seq.;
- inscriptions of, [395], et seq.;
- doctrinal teachings of, [415], et seq.;
- evidences concerning Christian life and character, [453], et seq.;
- (for last six see in verbis);
- summary of testimony, [551]-[553].
- Catechists, [530]-[532].
- Catechumens, ib.
- Cecilia, St., crypt of, [178];
- Celibacy of clergy, not a primitive practice, [522]-[524];
- Character of early Christians, [461]-[463], [481], [482];
- of pagans, [464], [479]-[481];
- see [“Persecutions.”]
- Charity, early Christian, [483]-[485], [504].
- Christ, youthful aspect of, in art, [342], and note [570];
- Christians, early, rank of, [56], [57], and note [46], [89], [169], [417], [458]-[460], [480];
- Christianity, spread of, [57], [116]-[119];
- Clement of Alexandria, quoted, [384], [385], [497], [498], and note [809].
- Clergy, orders of, [507];
- Confessional, reputed, [531].
- Conjugal affections, early Christian, [471]-[474];
- Constantine, [92], [120], [121].
- Constantinian monogram, [465];
- Cornelius, tomb of, [169].
- Cross, true, relics of, [139], note [240], [140], notes [243], [244];
- Crucifixion, not represented in early Christian art, [273];
- Crucifix, genesis of, [279], [280].
- Cubicula, [24]-[29], [339], [531].
- Cyprian, quoted, [82], [434];
- Damasus, [123], [175], [406].
- Daniel in the lions’ den, [298], [299].
- Dates of Catacombs, [73];
- David and Goliath, [394].
- Deacons, [514];
- Deaconesses, [526]-[530].
- Deaths of persecutors, [93], note [135].
- Decius, persecution under, [81].
- De Rossi, [159], [160], [399], [400], [406].
- Diocletian, persecution under, [89], and note [126], [90].
- Diptychs, [393], [394].
- Divinity of Christ, taught, [449], [450].
- Doctrinal teachings of Catacombs, [415], et seq.;
- see [“Purgatory,”] [“Resurrection,”] [“Trinity,”] etc.
- Dolls, etc., found in Catacombs, [387].
- Domestic relations, evidence concerning, [465], et seq.;
- Domine Quo Vadis, legend of, [107], note [160].
- Domitilla, Catacomb of, [55]-[57], and [57], note [46], [189].
- Doves, symbolical, [236]-[239], [404].