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Catacombs were primarily burial spaces
Історична ілюстрована листівка ROME — The Catacombs із Newberry Library,1903/19uu; художня сцена,не фотографія ранньохристиянського зібрання й не доказ таємних служб / Historical illustrated postcard ROME — The Catacombs,Newberry Library,1903/19uu; an artistic scene,not a photograph of an early Christian gathering or evidence of secret services.
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Roman Christian catacombs were primarily underground cemeteries. They relate to remembrance of the dead and martyrs, but the popular image of entire persecuted communities constantly worshipping there secretly is unsupported. Tomb visits and funerary rites should not automatically be equated with routine parish services or living in hiding.
