Domine Quo Vadis
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Rachel Harriette Busk
Roman Legends: A Collection Of The Fables And Folk-Lore Of Rome
Estes And Lauriat, Boston
1877
Italy
Domine Quo Vadis: apostolic legend, St Peter, Rome, martyrdom, divine encounter, vocation, return to suffering, faith, Christian memory, sacred place
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Domine Quo Vadis
'You know, of course, about St. Peter, when they put him in the prisons here; he found a way of escaping through the "catacomboli," and just as he had got out into the open road again he met Jesus Christ coming towards him carrying His cross. And St. Peter asked Him what he was doing going into the "catacomboli." But Jesus Christ answered, "I am not going into the 'catacomboli' to stay; I am going back by the way you came to be crucified over again, since you refuse to die for the flock." Then St. Peter turned and went all the way back, and was crucified with his head downwards, for he said he was not worthy to die in the same way as his Master.'
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