Note 383 — LECTURE VI. THE TWO RELIGIONS IN HISTORY.

In the whole range of the Catacombs no crucifix, and only very few crosses have been found, and these generally in a disguised form. The communion of the early Church was with Christ risen and triumphant; it was only when the spirit and fervour of worship declined that it made so much of the crucifixion.—Northcote and Brownlow’s Abridgment of De Rossi’s Roma Sotterranea; Smith and Cheetham, Dict. of Christian Antiq., Art. Catacombs, pp. 294 seq.; Witherow, Catacombs, pp. 260, 281.