2007-02-12 01:40:58 · 10 answers · asked by phelps 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The title is Latin, meaning Whither goest thou? (where are you going?) and refers to the encounter between St Peter and Jesus Christ on the Appian Way. Peter, fleeing from the persecutions of the Emperor Nero had a vision of Christ whom he asked "Domine, quo vadis?" (Lord, whither goest thou?). Jesus answered him, "Whither I go, thou can not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards" (John 13:36). Peter understood this to mean that Jesus was going back to Rome to be crucified again. Peter, following his own fate, returned to Rome and was crucified at the foot of the Vatican Hills where St Peter's Basilica stands today.
2007-02-12 01:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
What Does Quo Vadis Mean
2016-11-01 12:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by dopico 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin phrase: whither goest thou/where are you going.
Broadway play from 1900.
French silent film 1902. Opera 1909. Italian silent film 1912, 1924. Movie 1951, MGM. Mini-series for TV 1985.
Movie, 2001, Polish language.
Church of Domine Quo Vadis, southeast of rome.
QuoVadis Board game (german), computer game (1984), video game (japaness wargame for sega saturn).
QuoVadis bands...Canadian death metal band, Polish thrash metal band.
Or a french automobile produced from 1921 to 1923. Or a newspaper for Middlesex County College, or a movie theater in Westland, MI, or and Italian restaurant in Wakefield, UK, or an Italian restaurant in Swan Hill, Australia.
2007-02-12 02:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by confused 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitions of quo vadis on the Web:
same as "where are we going".
www.datelineterra.com/apoc2010/glossary/glossary.htm
Quo Vadis is a novel by a Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, describing the introduction of Christianity into early A.D. Rome (while under Nero's rule). The title is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). Quo Vadis tells the story of the love that develops between a young Christian woman Lygia (also Ligia) and a Roman officer Marcus Vinicius who, after meeting her fellow Christians, converts to her religion. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_Vadis_(novel)
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis, better known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis? is a small church on the Appian way, on the spot where Saint Peter supposedly met Jesus while fleeing persecution in Rome.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_vadis_(church)
Quo Vadis? (the title is Latin, meaning Where are you going?), is a 1951 Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman soldier, returning from the wars, who falls in love with a Christian and becomes intrigued by her religion. It stars Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov as Nero.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_Vadis_(1951_movie)
2007-02-12 01:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by djfloyd78 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Quo Vadis is Latin meaning Where are you going?
2007-02-12 01:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by simonted 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning "Whither goest thou?" or "Where are you going?"
2007-02-12 01:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a Latin phrase meaning "Whither goest thou?" or "Where are you going?. First used in the Bible.
2007-02-12 01:46:53 · answer #7 · answered by Kamila K 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where the hell do we go from here? With hindsight a good motto for the present Bush government.
2007-02-12 01:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Whither goest thou?"
Basically - where are you going?
2007-02-12 01:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by Rozzy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
means: where are you going?
2007-02-12 01:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by alphacharlie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋