Each student was required, and wives were invited, to do papers on a specific aspect of Christian history for which there was a site on tour. Attempting to be chronologically sequential, we started our tour of Rome in the ...

Described by some scholars as the earliest image of the universal mission of Christ to the Gentiles, this very early fresco in the Capella Greca of the Catacomb of Priscilla shows the three magi bringing gifts to a seated ...

Eucharist Scene with three legged table (Left), Eucharist scene with basktes of bread (Center), Good Shepherd with an orantes (Right).

Fresco of Adam and Eve in the catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

Signore Zinobelli and Loculi in the Catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

The Christian saw in the resurrection of Lazarus the promise of his own resurrection and oneself as a citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem. The heavenly Jerusalem, four square, fresco from the tomb of the Aurelii.

Fresco of the healing miracle, paralytic takes up his bed and walks.

Fresco of philosopher sitting. (Job as philosopher?)

Veneration of three bishops. Fresco of three bishops in the catacomb of S. Pontiana.

Close up of Loculus with bones. Grave robbers opened most graves, in catacombs not opened to the public some remains are left.