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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 375

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ers to make it round.Though this cross was not contined to Eucharistic use, it wasundoubtedly regarded as symbolical by the Christians, andprobably suggested the custom of stamping the Eucharisticloaf expressly with numerous crosses and with various sym-bolical devices, — a custom which prevailed,…

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

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