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==References == | <p> ( '''''Κρύπται''''' '', Crypts).'' For the purpose of concealment from their persecutors, the early [[Christians]] occasionally prepared for themselves churches and oratories under ground, which served both as places of' devotion and as sepulchres for their dead. These were called ''Cryptce,'' from '''''Κρύπτω''''' , to conceal.-Farrar, Eccles. Dict. (See [[Crypt]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_47536"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kryptae Kryptae from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_47536"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kryptae Kryptae from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 15 October 2021
Kryptae [1]
( Κρύπται , Crypts). For the purpose of concealment from their persecutors, the early Christians occasionally prepared for themselves churches and oratories under ground, which served both as places of' devotion and as sepulchres for their dead. These were called Cryptce, from Κρύπτω , to conceal.-Farrar, Eccles. Dict. (See Crypt).
