---
title: 'Rome Fifty Years Ago'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
- 'David Schley Schaff'
date: 1895-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Roman Catholic History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 17'
- 'Matthew 27'
- 'John 21'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-schaff-1895-rome-fifty-years-ago
---

# Rome Fifty Years Ago

Extracts from Philip Schaff's 1842 Rome journals recounting visits to churches, art, antiquities, and cemeteries, with Protestant reflections on Catholic ritual, martyrs, and Tasso.

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