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The Words They Carved in Stone

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In the ancient catacombs beneath Rome, two kinds of inscriptions line the tunnel walls. Pagan tombs bear the letters *D.M.* — *Dis Manibus*, "to the...

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1 Corinthians 15:12-20

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