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To: Jvette; CynicalBear

Does Rome claim to be the “New Jerusalem”? The “Eternal City”? The “Holy City”?


1,297 posted on 01/14/2012 3:17:07 PM PST by smvoice (Better Buck up, Buttercup. The wailing and gnashing is for an eternity..)
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To: smvoice

No.

The new Jerusalem is the heavenly Jerusalem.

The Holy City is the heavenly Jerusalem.

And though Rome is called the Eternal City, it began long before the Church was there.


1,391 posted on 01/15/2012 9:23:29 AM PST by Jvette
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