Posted on 07/15/2016 7:12:08 PM PDT by marshmallow
The ancient Roman prison where Sts. Peter and Paul were once confined has been re-opened to visitors after a year-long renovation.
The Mamertine prison, also known as the Carcer Tullianum, is a 3,000-year-old structure, located near the Roman Forum. The church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami now stands above it, and in the prison itself there is an altar so that Mass can be celebrated at the site where the apostles were jailed.
The renovations to the prison include the introduction of a multimedia tour, which allows visitors to learn more about any facet of the building and its history by selecting items on a touch-pad screen.
Ancient prison which housed St Peter re-opens in Rome (The Local)
Pope St. Peter's Chains
Strangely the bible makes no mention of Peter ever being in Rome.
Or him being crucified “upside down”.
Don't be bringing facts into this conversation, mister.
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St Paul's chains
It doesn’t. He was crucified in Rome according to Christian tradition.
Strangely there’s no mention of Luther, Calvin or Henry VIII in the Bible.
Exactly!
Just like there isn’t a one mention of Mary being “sinless” or worthy of “adoration”.
oubliette
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a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
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< French, Middle French, equivalent to oubli(er) to forget, Old French oblider < Vulgar Latin;re, derivative of Latin;tus (past participle of; to forget; see oblivion) + Middle French -ette -ette
I take it they just threw you in and then, if you survived the drop, they’d plug the hole and leave you in the dark.
How do they know it’s really Cephas?
No way anybody can prove a pile of bones dating almost 2,000 years old belongs to one individual.
Run away from the heresy of sola sctiptura. It is not a doctrine of Christianity.
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Luke 1
Read a bit further down in Luke.
Luke 11:27-28:
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
The Lord Jesus also referred to her as “woman”. John 2:4
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
She was a sinner in need of Salvation just like the rest of us.
I imagine some Normans may have seen something like this, on a pilgrimage maybe and thought, “That weel make a nice addition to mon castle!”
Yeah, it was pretty brutal. Often you got chucked in, were ‘forgotten’ and starved to death.
Jesus never said His Mother was a sinner in need of salvation.
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