Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 566
agi. Sometimes, also, a doorway led intoan independent chamber or succession of chambers, cubictduin, cubi-cula, which seem, for the most part, to have been family vaults.The size and arrangement of these rooms would suggest a placefor the gathering of a family to keep the funeral feasts, ,, . - ^… … Fig. 14:3.—An arcosoliiun from ilie catacombs. visit the cemeteries, the entrances to the catacombs, which werebefore well known, were concealed, and the larger chambers weresometimes used for the celebration of the Lords Supper. But thelimited space in these rooms forbids the supposition that the…
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