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

by W. H. Withrow

• Objects found in Catacombs, [362], et seq.;
  • see [“Gilt Glasses,”] etc.
• Opisthographæ, [268], [413].
• Oranti, [308]-[310].

• Pagan epitaphs, [59]-[62], [396], [397], [413], [414], [434]-[441], [460], note [750], [469], [475]-[478].
• Pagan influence in art, see [“Art.”]
• Paganism, decadence of, [117];
  • social condition of, [479]-[481].
• Paintings, see [“Art,”] [“Symbolism,”] and different subjects of.
• Palm and crown, symbolical, [230];
  • reputed sign of martyrdom, [372].
• “Papal Crypt,” [170]-[178].
• Parental affection, early Christian, [466]-[468];
  • pagan do., [468]-[470].
• Paul, St., martyrdom of, [200];
  • in art, [336]-[337], and notes [557], [559], [560], [561];
  • see [“Peter and Paul.”]
• Paulinus of Nola, quoted, [221].
• Peacock, symbolical, [240].
• Perpetua, martyrdom of, [79], note [94].
• Perret, his great work on the Catacombs, [158], [159].
• Persecutions, early, cause of, [70], [71];
  • Neronian, [71];
  • Domitian, [72];
  • Aurelian, [76];
  • of Commodus, [78];
  • of Severus, [79];
  • of Maximin, [81];
  • Decian, [81], [82];
  • Valerian, [83], [84];
  • Diocletian, [88]-[91];
  • extent of, [105]-[108];
  • virulence of, [108]-[113].
• Peter, St., at Rome (?), [53], and note [39];
  • denying Christ, [332];
  • apprehension of, [335];
  • in art, [337];
  • cultus of, [338], and note [562];
  • relics of, [53], note [39];
  • font of, [537].
• Peter and Paul, crypt of, [186]-[188];
  • in art, [336], [337], [365], [367].
• Piani, of Catacombs, [31]-[33].
• Pilate, [333], [334].
• Polycarp, martyrdom of, [76].
• Pope, the, [509], [511], and notes [835], [836].
• Prayers for dead, unknown in earliest times, [421];
  • first example of, [442], [443];
  • prayers to the dead, [446]-[449].
• Prætextatus, Catacomb of, [183].
• Presbyters, [511]-[513];
  • sometimes had secular employment, [513], and note [844];
  • married, [525].
• Prudentius, quoted, [11], [110], [115], [124].
• Purgatory, unknown to early Christians, [420], [423], [424], [445], [446].

• Relics, worship of, [124]-[126], [138]-[143], [544];
  • traffic in, [138], [139];
  • supposed efficacy of, [140];
  • grotesque Mediæval do., ib., notes [243], [244], [245];
  • reputed martyr do., [369];
  • misinterpretation of, [141]-[143], [370].
• Resurrection, doctrine of, [430]-[433].
• Rings from Catacombs, [284].
• Rites and institutions of primitive church:—marriage, [471]-[474];
  • funeral, [499]-[503];
  • baptism, [532]-[541];
  • eucharist, [541]-[545];
  • Agape, [545]-[551];
  • see in verbis.
• Romanism, unsupported by early Christian epigraphy, [416]-[418], [422]-[424];
  • first trace of, [425], [426], [442], [445], [446], [521]-[524];
  • compared with primitive Christianity, [551]-[553].
• Rome, fall of, [134], [135].
• Romish misinterpretation of relics, [141]-[143];
  • of leaf points, [227];
  • of blood cup (?), [370].

• San Greal, the, [141]-[142], note [245].
• Sarcophagi, [334], [340]-[342], and [342], note [569].
• Seals, early Christian, [266], [270], [384]-[386].
• Sebastian, Catacomb and legend of, [184], [185].
• Sepulchral areas, [56], note [44], [59], [60].
• Sepulchres, pagan, [13], note [2], [58];
  • sacredness of, [58]-[63], [69];
  • Christian, sacredness of, [63]-[65], [69];
  • violation of, see in verbo.
• Sepulture, pagan, [13], note [2], [49], [58]-[61], [66]-[68], [169], [389], [390], [503];
  • Jewish, [49]-[54];
  • Christian, [499]-[503].
• Ship, symbolical, [230], [235], [377].
• Slaves and slavery, [486], [487].
• Soldiers, [489], [490].
• Stag, symbolical, [441], [538].
• Stanley, Dean, on the Catacombs, [415].
• Symbolism, [204], [225], et seq.;
  • interpretation of, [220].
• Symbols, phonetic, [229], [230];
  • trade do., [231]-[233], [374];
  • symbolical anchor, [234], [235];
  • ship, [235], [377];
  • crown and palm, [236];
  • dove, [236]-[239];
  • peacock, [240];
  • phœnix, cock, ib.;
  • stag, [241];
  • horse, ib., and [382];
  • lion, hare, [241];
  • vine, balance, [242];
  • Good Shepherd, [243]-[248], [390];
  • lamb, [249]-[251];
  • fish, [252]-[260], see in verbo;
  • cross, [263]-[281], see in verbo;
  • God symbolized by hand, [290], [356].

• Tertullian, quoted, [79], [235], [451], [489], [494], [497], [547].
• Time, notation of, [410]-[412].
• Thundering Legion, [78], note [90].
• Toilet articles from Catacombs, [385], [386].
• Tombs, violation of, see in verbo;
  • sacredness of, [58]-[63], [69].
• Toys from Catacombs, [387].
• Trades, symbols of, [231]-[234], [274];
  • recorded in epitaphs, [459], [460];
  • pagan do., [460], note [750].
• Trinity, alleged representation of, [354]-[360];
  • doctrine of, [449]-[452].

• Valerian, persecution of, [83].
• Vases, early Christian, [380];
  • baptismal, [382].
• Veronica, the, [346], note [585].
• Violation of tombs, [59], [61], [64], and note [59], [65], and note [60].
• Virginity, praise of, [527], [528], and notes [880].
• Virgin Mary, see [“Mary.”]
• Virgins, epitaphs of, [528].

• Wiseman, his “Fabiola,” [158].
• Woman, pagan degradation of, [490]-[493];
  • Christian elevation of, [493]-[495], and notes [797], [801], [802];
  • apparel of, [497], [498].

• Young, the, care of primitive church for, [529], [530].

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