Patristic Pilgrims’ Progress
Way of the Fathers
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The Pilgrimage of Saints
Almost all the early Christians about whom we know anything are saints we know to have made a Roman pilgrimage. There was Rome, of course. Saint Paul himself was led inexorably toward the Empire's capital. Along with celebrities like Ignatius came thousands of others. People like you and me, here comes everybody. And they left their mark literally. They scratched graffiti into the plaster and soft stone at the tombs of the Apostles and martyrs. You can still see it there today.
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