Word: basilicas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expedition unearthed a number of other important finds, including an early Christian basilica of the time of Constantine, 40 graves dug into the ruins of the church and Lydian sculptures, jewelry and pottery, George M.A. Hanfmann, professor of Archaeology, said...
...discovery of the Christian basilica shows that Sardis had a large Christian community by 350 A.D. "It is the earliest church we have yet discovered at Sardis," Hanfmann said. "It is significant...
...Peter's Basilica in Rome, the words are inscribed in gold in the cupola, the key argument that the papacy was founded by Jesus himself when he made Peter the head of his church. But does that long-contested biblical verse in fact mean what Roman Catholics traditionally take it to mean? Was Peter the first Pope? Are his successors the ultimate earthly authority in Christendom? In a new study, Peter in the New Testament, an investigative group of eleven Roman Catholic, Lutheran and other Protestant scripture experts issue a cautious demurrer. The scholars agree that the controversial passage...
...notes as well. One was an extraordinary offer attributed to the Pope by a Vatican ecumenical adviser, the Rev. Antonio Javierre. Pope Paul, said Javierre in an interview with the Salesian News Agency, would be willing to move out of both his Vatican Palace and St. Peter's Basilica "if it were the price to be paid to achieve [Christian] unity." According to the priest, the Pontiff made the remark in a recent private conversation in response to Javierre's own questioning. The Pope reportedly added that he could take up residence in the Lateran Palace outside...
...whole menagerie: skinny, whiskered gunslingers dodge policemen larger than their cars, while girls with legs drawn out and torsos shrunk down to miniskirts pass by. The neon signs in the shop windows advertise only "Rgh!", "Feh!" and "Pzz!". Elsewhere, several crocodiles are seen strolling in front of a basilica...