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E. J. SEWELL^ ESQ., ON POMPEII. 



Christianity " in the remains ; and it is significant that Deissmann 

 is silent regarding an inscription pointing the other way, which 

 certain popular writers have described. At the most, the evidence 

 can only show that Christianity was known in Pompeii before the 

 date of the destruction of the cit}^ ; and this is not at all 

 improbable, nor does it add materially to our knowledge. 



