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Vindicator ago

The Ghost Finders https://www.facebook.com/theghostfinders/ Was he interested in Satanism? Chapel of Bones Video of a Chapel that uses bones in the Church. Very creepy video. This chapel uses human skeletons as decoration. 40,000 of them.

I think if you look into it, you'll find it's not "decorating with bones", it's a catacomb. Praying for the dead among the dead is very ancient tradition dating all the way back to the time of the Apostles, when the first Christians in Rome would gather in the necropolis just outside the city where the bones of St. Peter and St. Paul were interred to say Mass. There's still graffiti there depicting the gatherings and the prayers people left.

carmencita ago

Wow. Thanks for the history lesson. I still get creepy vibes from catacombs though. Reminds me too much of tunnels we have researched on here. If I ever made it there I would be left behind on that tour.

Vindicator ago

I visited the Catacombs of San Sebastiano in Rome. All the bones were long since gone from the areas we were allowed to walk, but you could smell the dead. It was not underground during the first century -- that happened later. It was one of the most interesting things we saw in Rome (which has a great many interesting things to see).

carmencita ago

Oh I am sure it was very interesting, but after all the things I have read on here I could not go. You are brave.