Has Anyone Here Been In The Catacombs Of Rome And Saw All The Catholic Writings Etched On The Walls?

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Has anyone here seen the Catacombs and the Catholic writings and writings from the saints on the walls? Sure enough tells me they were Catholic in belief since then. These writings have been there for 2,000 years.
Anyone care to say otherwise?
 
no i would love to go one day. What are some of the subjects they talk about?
 
We visited Rome in 1991 (my BIL was ordained by JPII) and we visited the catacombs of San Callisto… we went back a day or so later and my BIL celebrated one of his first Masses in the crypt of the early popes. Don’t remember much about what was on the walls, since I tend to get claustrophobic and I was more concerned with not having a panic attack in those narrow passages.
 
OneTrueCathApos said:
Has anyone here seen the Catacombs and the Catholic writings and writings from the saints on the walls? Sure enough tells me they were Catholic in belief since then. These writings have been there for 2,000 years.
Anyone care to say otherwise?
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What writings in particular are Catholic that a non-Catholic wouldn’t believe??
 
OneTrueCathApos said:
Has anyone here seen the Catacombs and the Catholic writings and writings from the saints on the walls? Sure enough tells me they were Catholic in belief since then. These writings have been there for 2,000 years.
Anyone care to say otherwise?
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I’ve been to Rome, but was unfortunately hospitalized before we got to see the Catacombs 😦

Well, since you provide neither information of the precise contents of the writings (the wording), nor any sources who do, it seems that the only soure we have is your say-so.
And in these matters, your word doesn’t mean very much…

But in the same tune:
Has anyone here seen the Catacombs and the writings on them that do not conform with RC teachings?

See what I mean? Without the actual wording of the writings, it is impossible to tell if they are RC or not. And don’t expect us to just take your word for it…
 
To answer NDfan and Lutheran, I have been to the Catacombs and will explain why a non-Catholic would believe that they were in fact Catholic. The image of the Sacred Heart is etched in the walls, along with a priest residing at a table breaking the bread which means the Eucharist. Again the writings of the saints asking for prayers for the dead. The Blessed Mother is everywhere. Is this Catholic enough for you?
 
Why is this posted in this sub-forum?

(By the way I’m visiting Rome for the 1st time in October :D)
 
grampben said:
Why is this posted in this sub-forum?

(By the way I’m visiting Rome for the 1st time in October :D)
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Yay for visiting Rome! They have delicious food, but crazy streets, so you’ll have a fun time there 😉 Ask your guardian angel to pray for you so you don’t get lost and ask him to visit the angels of the people you wish to meet before you meet them - it’ll making your time in Rome go much smoother 🙂
 
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Yay for visiting Rome! They have delicious food, but crazy streets, so you’ll have a fun time there 😉 Ask your guardian angel to pray for you so you don’t get lost and ask him to visit the angels of the people you wish to meet before you meet them - it’ll making your time in Rome go much smoother 🙂
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I’ve been to Italy before, Verona, Venice. It’s nice, but you’re right about the little streets! Just like the south of France in that way.

I feel sorry for Americans because it’s such a big trip to see a European country, for us visiting those countries is as easy (or in some cases easier) than you guys visiting a different state in your own country!
🙂
 
What is relevant about the Catacombs is that they more or less blow the lid off of bible-based fundamentalism.
At the resting place of their fellow Christian’s bodies, the earliest Christans etched pleas that the dead pray for them and also remarks about praying for the dead. All of this was done a couple centuries before the bible even existed as we know it. They are proof that the Church was up and running from the get go, it wasn’t waiting for the bible to be bound and printed before it began LIVING God’s word.

SABBATI DVLCIS ANIMA PETE ET ROGA PRO FRATRES ET SODALES TVOS
The poor Latin (we expected to find pro fratribus et sodalibus tvis) points to the simple faith of the person who wrote the prayer:
’O Sabbatius, sweet soul, ask and pray for your brothers and companions.'

ANATOLIVS FILIO BENEMERENTI FECIT QUI VIXIT ANNIS VII, MENSIS VII, DIEBUS XX. SPIRITVS TVVS BENE REQUIESCAT IN DEO PETAS PRO SORORE TVO

'Anatolius erected this for his well-deserving son who lived seven years, seven months and twenty days.
May thy soul find rest in God. Pray for thy sister.'

Sourced from jloughnan.tripod.com/erlychch.htm
 
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