Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 254
tely has been prevalent of interpreting thesefrescos as symbols of all the seven sacraments of the Roman PAINTING—The Encharistic Banquet 225 Church. It is now recognized that only baptism and theEucharist are there expressed, and these subjects appear sooften in the catacombs that they constitute… … :%». Fig. 72. it CJKifnls in tlic catacon 11. Fr.-.-(,(, ;:,Third centurv. the second century; and the others, which are on a higherlevel, to the century following. The chief interest lies in the first group, and it is to be regret-ted that we cannot study in detail the numerous subjects…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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