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"Christ, the good shepherd, carrying a lamb on His shoulders, is of very frequent occurrence on the lamps, the glass vases, and the fresco paintings. All exceedingly beautifull instance, taken from an early fresco on one of the Catacombs, is here engraved; and in Plate xli., No. 26, a similar figure will be seen represented on a lamp, the border of which is surrounded by bunches of grapes.

A catacomb is a subterranean excavation for the interment of the dead or a burial vault. In this sense the word catacomb has gained universal acceptance, and has found a place in most modern languages. The original term, catacumbae, however, had no connection with sepulture, but was simply the name of a particular locality in the environs of Rome. It was derived from the Greek and had reference ...

I AM SYMBOLS JESUS USED TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF DR. M.M.NINAN CHAPTER ONE I. INTRODUCTION In the last days of his life Our Lord Jesus was particularly strained because he knew that his days are coming to an end, and that he had very little time left with his disciples to teach and reveal to them the great mysteries of the incarnation. The communication of the mysteries of heaven is particularly ...