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The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity

Note 875 — Chapter IV

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Thus, St. Paul calls Phœbe a διάκονος, translated “servant,” of the church at Cenchria.—Rom., xvi, 1. The Christian ancillæ quæ ministræ dicebantur, whom Pliny tortured, were probably of this class.

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