Rome for the Christian

This is the first of a few slideshows I hope to create in order to share the INCREDIBLE city of Roma with all of you. This particular slideshow will focus on the sites I saw that meant the most to me as Christian. After the intro you will see some pics taken at my favorite site, the Colosseum. Notice the pic of Christ scultped into the wall. You will see a prison cell where martyrs and slaves were held until they entered the arena. Then I have included a fresco from the Vatican Museum. After a few more pics of the Colosseum (notice the pic with the crosses) you will see a big arch- the Arch of Constantine. He legalized Christianity in the fourth century A.D. A second arch follows which is the Arch of Titus. This arch commemorated the vitory of Emperor Titus over Jerusalem. Then you will see a few pictures taken at Mamertine Prison which is the prison that held the Apostles Peter and Paul. It is here that Paul wrote the letter of 2 Timothy just before he was martyred(see 2 Tim 4:6-22). It is possible that Peter wrote 2 Peter here as well. How amazing to see the places the inspired infallible word of God was written!! The picture in the background of the last prison pic depicts the Apostles baptizing prisoners. Then you will see a photo of a road which is the Appia Antica- one of Rome's oldest and most famous roads. This is the road you take to see the catacombes. The catacombe I visted was St. Sebastian's and it supposedly held the bodies of Peter and Paul for a number of years until Peter was moved to the Vatican and Paul was moved to a church in Rome called St. Paul Inside the Wall. Next you will see photos of the Pantheon. This place is larger than life! It was first built in about 25 A.D. and then rebuilt in about 125 A.D. after a fire. The Pantheon orignally was a pagan temple but was latered converted into a church to honor Christian martyrs and is the best preserved ancient site. Then you will see a few photos of the Roman Forum, which was the ancient city square of Rome, with a pic of me just hanging out in ancient Rome! Then there is a photo of the ruins of the ancient palaces of the emperors on Palatino Hill. Then a few more pics of the Arch of Constantine. Lastly you will see God reaching out to man in the Sistine Chapel.
I set this slideshow to the Sara Groves song I posted the lyrics to a few months back called "When the Saints." I listened to it a lot while I was there.