. Apostolic baptism : facts and evidences on the subjects and mode of Christian baptism. This picture is in the small chapel of the Catacomb ofPontianiis, called the Chapel of the Baptistery. Beneaththe portraits is painted one of those crosses, ornamented withprecious stones, called Gemmates; to the arms of which arehung the symbolical characters of Christ, A and i2.—Arrin-ghi, Roma Solterranea, Tome 1. The Lamb is introduced in allusion to the Lamb of God ;and as the sculptured delineations of many other Baptismshave three angels, the single angel in this representatiouproves that it is a wo
. Apostolic baptism : facts and evidences on the subjects and mode of Christian baptism. This picture is in the small chapel of the Catacomb ofPontianiis, called the Chapel of the Baptistery. Beneaththe portraits is painted one of those crosses, ornamented withprecious stones, called Gemmates; to the arms of which arehung the symbolical characters of Christ, A and i2.—Arrin-ghi, Roma Solterranea, Tome 1. The Lamb is introduced in allusion to the Lamb of God ;and as the sculptured delineations of many other Baptismshave three angels, the single angel in this representatiouproves that it is a work of the most remote antiquity. 213 XIII. CHAPEL OF THE Internal view of the Chapel of the Baptistery in the Cat-acomb of Pontianiis, out of the gate Portese at Rome. CHAPEL OF THE BAPTISTERY In the first ages of Christianity, that subterranean recesswas appropriated to the administration of Baptism. This iswitnessed both by the source of living water which is still tobe seen in it, and by the subject of the picture. This is a subject of great interest—and occupies thefirst place among the Baptisteries, as being the most simple,and perhaps, the most ancient of these monuments. Thestyle of the paintings shows that they were added after theplace had been destined to this usage. It is situated at Rome, out of the Porta Portese : in aplace called Monte Verde ; there is still seen the bason of nm-ning water which served to administer Baptism in the ear-liest times of the church ; from the first to the fourth century. This may be considered one of the first Baptisteries of theChristians ; as is evidently proved by the painting in fresco,execut
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