Catholic Martyrdom


	Catholic Martyrdom

dmoonme1

8-17-2009 12:54 PM

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religion, catholicism, cathedrals, skulls, martyrs

dmoonme1 says:

Catholicism, interesting ideas. I wonder what they would have done with Jesus' body parts if they could've found him.
Also interesting, that Romans were told to convert to Catholicism or be beheaded. This seems to have gone full circle.

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8-19-2009 1:28 PM

AcesLucky

Wow! Great clip.

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