Excerpt from The Americana, Vol. 4 of 16: An Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., Of the World The ancient church edifices provided for the separation of the catechumens from the faithful that were in full communion. In the ancient church of Saint Clement in Rome, the body of the building is divided off by stone constructions into the presbyterium, chancel or sanctuary for the clergy at the eastern end, a middle compart ment for the faithful in full communion - the galleries here being reserved for the women and in the western end, or front, a much larger compartment of the nave for the catechumens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.