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Sunday, September 15, 2024

The Shepherd of Hermas -- callistus catacomb

from Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs:

constructing spaces and symbols in Ancient Rome (Palgrave

MacMillan, 2013) by Eric C. Smith

The composition of the text 

happened in Rome in decades

before the construction &  decoration

of the first Christian catacombs (A.D. 180)

The varied tableau of moral instruction,

practical advice, social & political

critique. . .Vision 3 feature a woman & a tower

while Similitude 1 features a tale of two

cities (Rome & shepherd's native city).

pages 86-90

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