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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 303

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thin which is framedthe cross. The of-fice of the Apostlesis to hold beforethe eyes of theChurch Christscross, as the exam-ple for her life andas the only waythrough which shecan receive thecrown. But wenotice here a strange feature : the staff of the cross is elon-gated upward, tapering like a… … Fk;. kit. —a panel from the doors of S. Sabina. TlieAjiostk-s (liri-ctinj, the ^,aze of the ehurch to Christ in theheavens. SCULPTURE —Doors of St. Sabina lib Omega, forever elevated above the heavens, but remaining for-ever the only teacher, the only Lord of his Church, whichprayerfully gazes up…

Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

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