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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 97

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uncommonly inscribed to indicatemembership in the senatorial order. The Christian attitudewas that of looking forward beyond the tomb, rather thanback over the course of earthly honor and success; recessita sceculo became a familiar formula in the fourth century. Inthe third and fourth centuries…

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