Posted on 06/10/2008 7:40:38 AM PDT by Between the Lines
Buddhists in this country use the term for social and political reasons, like tax status. But actually the word is specifically Christian other than for particular such purposes when it is used to demonstrate analogy.
At the Dom in Augsburg, the building is intact. the rooms were filled in with dirt. artwork is still present on the walls. Most remarkable find in itself.
Saints Gorgeous and Fabulous! That church must have been “to die for”!
Not to make light of it, but you got me going! ;-)
As a Catholic, I’d be quite surprised taht Rome has the OLDEST church. The primacy of the Church in Rome is that Peter was established the see, not that it’s the oldest church.
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