RELS 3333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stoning, Catacombs, Shamrock

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 3333
• Professor: Jacqueline Ho

Document Summary

Rels 3333 lecture 10 notes death & afterlife in christianity (part 2) Book of malachi in the christian bible: all the books in the hebrew bible (judaism) are the same in the christian old testament, differences exist in the order of the books and its organization. Underground burials: bones were stored in boxes called ossuaries. Long niches that were sealed to get rid of odours: created more space for bodies, bodies were removed and stored in the ossuaries. In 313 ce, a roman emperor converted to christianity: before this, christians had to meet in underground churches because the religion was outlawed. In 2008, archaeologists discovered a cave in rihab, jordon (ancient city) believed to be used by. Christians in the 1st ce(cid:374)tury ce as their (cid:862)(cid:272)hur(cid:272)h(cid:863) Christians: ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)s forga(cid:448)e those (cid:449)ho re(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)ed o(cid:374)e"s faith; (cid:374)eeded a (cid:272)ertifi(cid:272)ate to prove non-christian identity, neighbours would turn each other in to get property, or roman men wanted to marry.