Quo vadis?

Quo vadis? is a Latin phrase meaning " Where are you going? ".

This phrase is found in the Gospel of John 13, 37:

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On this point, the story in the apocryphal Acts of Peter refers. According to this legend, the apostle Peter met on his flight from Rome Christ and asked him, " Domine, quo vadis? " ( " Where are you going, Lord? " ) And was told " Romam Venio iterum crucifigi. " ( " To Rome, to to crucify me again "). Then Peter turned around, was captured and crucified in Rome.

To this legend, entwines the novel Quo Vadis of Henryk Sienkiewicz, and based thereon American film from 1951, also entitled Quo vadis? . 2001 was a Polish film version of film director Jerzy Kawalerowicz. In 2005, for the Antiquity Festival Trier composed an eponymous musical, which premiered on June 16. Already in 1907 set to music Feliks Nowowiejski the novel as Scenic Oratorio on a libretto by Antonie recently.

On the Via Appia in Rome, outside the Porta San Sebastiano, where the legendary incident to have taken place, the church stands today " Domine Quo Vadis ". Here is a bust Sienkiewicz shown next to the copy of an alleged footprint of Jesus '.

Colloquial use

In everyday life, the phrase "Quo vadis " is often used in the sense of "Where is this going to lead? " Or "How can this go on " used.