The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity

by W. H. Withrow

• Elijah, [294].
• Energumens, [519].
• Epigraphy, Christian, literature of, [399], [400];
  • examples of, [401], et seq.;
  • see [“Inscriptions.”]
• Eucharist, symbols of, [250], [252], [542];
  • celebration of, [541]-[545].

• Filial affection, early Christian, [470].
• Fish, symbolical, [252]-[260], [378];
  • the word a sacred anagram, [252];
  • an allusion to baptism, [253];
  • a tessara, [255], [389];
  • a eucharistic symbol, [256];
  • Autun icththyic inscription, [257]-[259].
• Fonts, baptismal, [537], [538].
• Fossors, [132]-[135], [519], [526].
• Fraternal affections, early Christian, [476].
• Funeral rites, Christian, [499]-[502];
  • pagan do., [503].
• Future state, doctrine concerning, [417]-[431];
  • pagan do., [436]-[444].

• Galerius, [91].
• Galleries of Catacombs, [16], et seq.
• Gallienus, [86].
• Gaume, Abbé, on the Catacombs, [201].
• Gilt glasses, early Christian, [362];
  • subjects represented in, [364]-[367];
  • convivial inscriptions of, [367], [368];
  • some sacramental, [368];
  • dates of, [369].
• God in art, [352]-[361];
  • alleged sarcophagal example of, [354]-[356];
  • symbolized in Catacombs by hand, [290], [356].
• Good Shepherd, the, symbol of Christ, [245]-[248];
  • statue of, [390].
• Graffiti, pagan, [59], [60];
  • Christian, [130], [148], [174], [175].
• Graves, see [“Loculi.”]
• Greek language, use of at Rome, [406], [407].

• Hand as symbol of God, [293], [356].
• Hebrew children, the three, [298], [299].
• Helena, St., Catacomb of, [196].
• Heresy, growth of, [119], note [194].
• Hippolytus, statue of, [392];
  • character of, [393].
• Horse, symbolical, [382].

• Iconoclasm, early, [222].
• Ichthyic inscription, [257]-[259].
• Ichthyic symbol, see [“Fish.”]
• Ignatius, martyrdom of, [74], note [83], [125].
• Image worship, [222]-[224].
• Imprecations, pagan, [61];
  • Christian, [64], [65].
• Inscriptions, early Christian, general character of, [395], et seq.;
  • associations of, [398];
  • collection and classification of, [398]-[400];
  • literature of, ib.;
  • rude examples of, [66], [98], [238], [267], [268], [401], et seq.;
  • barbarous Latinity of, [403], and note [675], [407], [422], [426];
  • inverted, [404];
  • reversed, ib.;
  • brief, [238], [401]-[405];
  • Greek, [406], [407];
  • dates of, [408]-[410], [416], et seq.;
  • notes of time in, [410]-[412], [508];
  • doctrinal teachings of, [415], et seq., see [“Purgatory,”] etc.;
  • concerning future state, [417], et seq.;
  • pagan do., [436]-[444];
  • cheerful character of, [427], [430], [443], [452];
  • concerning the doctrine of the resurrection, [431];
  • concerning Christian life and character, [453], et seq.;
  • names, expressive, [454]-[457];
  • pagan do., [455], note [742], [457];
  • puritan do., [455], note [743];
  • evidence of early Christian character, [461]-[463];
  • of pagan do., [464];
  • of domestic relations, [465], et seq.;
  • of parental do., [466]-[468];
  • of pagan do., [468]-[470];
  • of filial do., [470];
  • of conjugal do., [471]-[474];
  • of pagan do., [475], [476];
  • age of marriage, [473], note [756];
  • fraternal relations, [476];
  • friendly do., [476];
  • evidence concerning clerical orders, [506], et seq., see [“Clergy”];
  • concerning Christian rites and institutions, [432], et seq., see [“Rites.”]
• Invocation of saints, first examples of, [426], [446]-[449].
• Isaac, sacrifice of, [288], [289].

• Jerome, quoted, [36], [450], [498], [502].
• Jews at Rome, [49];
  • their Catacomb, [50]-[54], [188];
  • epitaphs of, [53].
• Job, fresco of, [293].
• Jonah, story of, [299]-[304].
• Joseph, [290].
• Justin Martyr, [76].

• Kip, Bishop, on the Catacombs, [162].

• Labarum, legend of the, [268].
• Lactantius, De Mort. Persec., [93], note [135].
• Lamb, symbol of Christ, [249], [250].
• Lamps, early Christian, [376]-[379].
• Lapidarian Gallery, [395].
• Lawrence, St., martyrdom of, [86], note [112];
  • tomb of, [192].
• Lazarus, raising of, [329]-[331].
• Lectors, [515], [516], [526].
• Literature of the Catacombs, [151]-[163].
• Loculi, [19]-[21];
  • number of, [21];
  • how closed, [22], [23];
  • contents of, [23], [24];
  • made during life, [65];
  • sale of, [132].
• Love-feast, see [“Agape.”]
• Luminari, [34], [35].

• MacFarlane, on the Catacombs, [45], [161].
• Magi, adoration of, [305], [306].
• Maitland, on the Catacombs, [161].
• Marcus Aurelius, character of, [75], [76].
• Mariolatry, no trace of in Catacombs, [305], [306], [310], [316], [323];
  • development of, [312]-[323].
• Marriage, references to, [304], [305], [471]-[474], [494]-[496];
  • pagan do., [475], [476], [492], [493];
  • age of, [473], note [756].
• Marriott, on the Catacombs, [162].
• Martyr bishops of Rome, [81]-[87], [94]-[96].
• Martyrdom of Ignatius, [74], note [83];
  • of Polycarp, [76];
  • of Perpetua, [79], note [94];
  • of Lawrence, [86], note [112];
  • (see antea and postea);
  • the passion for, [112]-[115];
  • effects of, ib.;
  • references to, [372];
  • symbols of, [17], [369]-[375].
• Martyr epitaphs:—of Marius, [75];
  • of Alexander, [77], note [89];
  • of Sixtus, [85];
  • of Marcellus, [94];
  • of Eusebius, [95];
  • of Sebastian, [96];
  • of Lannus, [98];
  • see [106], et seq.;
  • of St. Agnes, [193].
• Martyrologies, [110]-[112].
• Martyrs, number of, [105]-[108], [178];
  • sufferings of, [108]-[112];
  • festivals in honour of, [127];
  • adornment of tombs of, [123], [124];
  • spoliation of do., [128], [137], [145];
  • reverence for, [123]-[128];
  • burial near, [128]-[132];
  • pilgrimages to tombs of, [136], [148];
  • veneration of martyr relics, [124]-[128];
  • translation of, [137], [142], [143], note [246], [144], notes [247], [248].
• Mary, Virgin, legends of, [307];
  • in art, [305]-[314];
  • miraculous images of, [317], note [522];
  • assumption of, [318], and note [526];
  • hymns to, [320].
• Maximin, persecution of, [81].
• McCaul, Dr., on early Christian epigraphy, [162], note [289], [163], [414], [421], [541].
• Mithraic monument in Catacombs, [214]-[218].
• Mosaic, [223].
• Moses on Horeb, [290];
  • on Sinai, ib.;
  • striking rock, [291], [292].
• Ministry, rites, and institutions of primitive church, [506], et seq., see [“Clergy,”] and [“Rites.”]

• Names, early Christian, expressive character of, [454], [455];
  • pagan do., [455], note [742], [457].
• Neophytes, [322], [323], [540].
• Nimbus in art, [208], note [333].
• Noah, story of, [286]-[288].
• Northcote, on the Catacombs, [161].