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The Coolest Place Ever
06/03/08
The Coolest Place Ever
Ok. The first video is up on the home page. I think this may be the coolest place ever - San Clemente, a church not far from the Roman Colosseum.
I first visited this site about 15 years ago, and it has gotten even better. Here is the deal:
A 12th century church still in use today. The remains of St. Clement, one of the earliest leaders of the Christian movement, lie beneath the altar.
Built on top of a 4th century church (where Saints
Cyril and Methodius are buried)
Built on top of a first century home where a
pagan cult was celebrated - the remnants of the
Mithraic painting of a bull on the walls are
still visible.
Now, beyond that, a few years ago, almost by accident, what may well be the earliest baptismal pool still in existence was discovered. Amazing place! I have a huge photo of the basilica on a wall in my home.
Watch the video from the baptismal pool here - www.allenhuntshow.com
Check out San Clemente here - complete with virtual tours and everything - a great web site http://www.basilicasanclemente.com/
Many thanks to Fr. John Cunningham who gave us a tour. He is the lead priest at San Clemente.
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· http://www.allenhuntshowsucks.com Of the life and death of St. Clement nothing is known.
I wonder if someday people will visit shrines to OUR urban legends.
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06/04/08 @ 13:01 · http://www.allenhuntshow.com Check out the info on the web site for the basilica.
Very little is known about the life of St Clement (92-101 AD). According to the oldest list of Roman bishops, he was the third successor to St Peter in Rome.
He is the author of an Epistle to the Corinthians which was written c. 96 AD in the name of the Church of Rome to deal with disturbances in the Church at Corinth. The letter is one of the earliest witnesses to the authority of the Church of Rome and was so highly regarded that it was read publicly at Corinth with the Scriptures in the second century.
St Clement is revered as a martyr: fourth-century accounts speak of his forced labour in the mines during exile to the Crimea in the reign of the emperor Trajan (98-117 AD) and his missionary work there which prompted the Romans to bind him to an anchor and throw him into the Black Sea. Sometime later, the accounts continue, the water receded, revealing a tomb built by angels from which his body was recovered.
The relics of St Clement are reserved beneath the high altar of the basilica and on 23 November, the Feast of St Clement, they are exposed for veneration and carried in solemn procession through the neighbouring streets.
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06/04/08 @ 14:30 Some folks feel foolish going with the latter.
But, it all boils down to faith.
John 20: 19-31
"...blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
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06/05/08 @ 11:24 Sometime later, the accounts continue, the water receded, revealing a tomb built by angels from which his body was recovered.
Talk about legendary! Do you really take stuff like that seriously Allen?
Some folks feel foolish going with the latter.
But, it all boils down to faith.
It all boils down to faith if and only if you have no evidence whatsoever.
John 20: 19-31
"...blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
When there is nothing to see believing without seeing is all the faithful have. That and weak "miracles" such as seeing Virgin Mary in a tortilla or an overpass stain.
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