Yep, Christianity is filled with stuff like this and art. Most churches contain a decent amount of art. Most famous of all being the Sistine chapel, ofc. Found out this year about The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Which is basically the Pope’s main church. Always assumed it would be the one in Vatican, but no, it’s a different one, in Rome. It’s a very impressive place. Huge statues. This being the best. St Bart is said to have been skinned alive, hence the knife and his face.
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 months agoThe look of it. I still have trouble beliving the Catholic church has this? It looks like art.
nyctre@lemmy.world 3 months ago
pyrflie@lemm.ee 3 months ago
These are pre-Christian Imperial Roman catacombs. The important part is the Imperial. People seem to forget that Rome was Authoritarian, and extremely, homicidaly so.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 months ago
It still looks cool
pyrflie@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Hell yeah it does. Why do you think the religions that used it did so well?