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A 1500-Year-Old Underground Byzantine Church Is Found in Turkey
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| May 11, 2016
| Daniel Esparza
Posted on 05/11/2016 1:59:25 PM PDT by NYer
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05/11/2016 1:59:25 PM PDT
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NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...
Catholic / Orthodox ping!
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05/11/2016 1:59:46 PM PDT
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NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: SunkenCiv
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05/11/2016 2:00:12 PM PDT
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NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: NYer
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05/11/2016 2:01:30 PM PDT
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Eddie01
To: NYer
I see some of those faces were scratched out. I wonder if that was those Byzantine iconoclasts or Muslims?
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05/11/2016 2:03:05 PM PDT
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Lent
To: NYer
Oh my gosh, that last mural is surely the Dormition / Assumption of Mary. If I am correct it’s the oldest one I’ve seen.
Pray for us, O Lady Theotokos!
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05/11/2016 2:12:43 PM PDT
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Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn His countenance to you and give you peace.)
To: NYer
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05/11/2016 2:17:12 PM PDT
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DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: NYer
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05/11/2016 2:21:13 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer
Well...another target for ISLAM.
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posted on
05/11/2016 2:27:50 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Oh my gosh, that last mural is surely the Dormition / Assumption of Mary. If I am correct its the oldest one Ive seen.
Pray for us, O Lady Theotokos! I count nine apostles with her coffin, and two other apostles (or angels ?) in the air. Traditionally all were there except Thomas. I wonder if names are linked to the likenesses. All generations will call Miriam/Mary blessed.
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05/11/2016 2:33:42 PM PDT
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af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I thought the same thing. So many people have disagreed with the notion that a lot of people were there. This ancient icon proves it.
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posted on
05/11/2016 2:50:54 PM PDT
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Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: af_vet_1981
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05/11/2016 2:53:29 PM PDT
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Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
I see 9 figures with her coffin on the ground and 2 in the air. What do you see ?
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05/11/2016 3:01:14 PM PDT
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af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: af_vet_1981; Salvation; Mrs. Don-o
Maybe the local tradition held that this event occurred after the execution of St. James.
I don't wish to be a pain (never should have taken that logic course in college ...), but a 5th Century illustration does not prove either that the events shown took place or that the details were specifically as depicted. Pompeiian frescos with illustrations from the Roman myths and the Aeneid do not prove the historicity of those events, (or even that the artists/patrons believed in the events).
The proof of the Assumption of Mary is the dogma issued by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
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05/11/2016 3:08:06 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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Thanks NYer.
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05/11/2016 3:09:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: NYer
So, how long before the Turks destroy it or convert it into a Mosque?
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05/11/2016 3:10:51 PM PDT
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Little Ray
(NOTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR IS A RIGHT.)
To: NYer
Current Christians take note. The culture wars are lost and this is our earthly fate.
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05/11/2016 3:20:29 PM PDT
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bkopto
To: NYer
the walls of the church collapsed because of snow and rain, but that they will be fixed as part of the restoration project. After which time the whole edifice will converted into a mosque.
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05/11/2016 3:21:52 PM PDT
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bkopto
To: af_vet_1981; Mrs. Don-o; Salvation
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05/11/2016 3:22:31 PM PDT
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NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: NYer; SunkenCiv
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05/11/2016 3:24:36 PM PDT
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blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
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