This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...from the convents outside. During these periods of seclusion, the fathers never quit the precincts of the church, but their friends come to speak to them through a little grated aperture in the door, and convey to them through the same channel anything they may require. I must be candid with you, and avow'that my first ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...from the convents outside. During these periods of seclusion, the fathers never quit the precincts of the church, but their friends come to speak to them through a little grated aperture in the door, and convey to them through the same channel anything they may require. I must be candid with you, and avow'that my first impression, on visiting the spots within the church believed to be identified with the Passion of Christ, was one of mystification at beholding their close proximity, and the incredibly small space into which so' much--indeed STONE or UNCTION. 197 everything connected with that sacred event has been crowded. My own feelings--my own wishes were so strong as to amount almost to conviction, --they all tended' to unrestricted faith in the genuineness of the localities; and yet I was bewildered and staggered by a first view of them. But even should the sites pointed out be genuine, the hand of man has done much to destroy their awe-inspiring interest by the puerile accessories of Catholic consecration. The first of these to which the stranger is led on entering the church, is the "Stone of Unction," upon which the body of our Lord, when taken down from the Cross, 'was anointed and prepared for entombment. It is covered with a casing of marble to preserve it from the destructive adoration of Christian pilgrims, who would fain have carried it away piecemeal for relics; and over it are suspended silver lamps, burning night and day. A few paces from it, an iron machine, looking like a large unglazed lanthorn, marks the spot where the Maries stood and watched the performance of the last sad offices. Turning to the left, a few steps brings you into the nave of the church, over which rises a lofty dome supported by colum...
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Add this copy of A Pilgrinage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia to cart. $57.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
