...and Romans, rendered the sepulchres pf the saints the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes [#]. The images of those, who, during their lives, had...the same thing concerning the statues of Jupiter and Meiv cury [#]. A singular and irresistible efficacy was also attributed to the bones of martyrs, and...

...their divinities to ensure the presence of the Divinity so amongst Christians in the fifth century * " the images of those who during their lives had acquired...the saints or celestial beings they represented." The commandment "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that...

...rendered the sepulchres of the saints the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes.1 The images ot those who, during their lives, had acquired the reputation...celestial beings they represented ; deluded, perhaps, into tins idle fancy, by the crafty fictions of the heathen priests, who had published the same thing concerning...

...ana Romans, rendered the sepulchres of the saints the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes.1 The images of those who, during their lives, had acquired...drew down into the images the propitious presence 01 the saints or celestial beings they represented ; deluded, perhaps, into this idle fancy, by the...

...Christians were invoked by numbers, while none stood up to censure or oppose this preposterous worship " The images of those who, during their lives, had acquired...heathen priests, who had published the same thing of the statues of Jupiter and Minerva. A singular and irresistible efficacy was also attributed to...

...increased. " The sepulchres of the saints" became " the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes! The images of those, who, during their lives, had acquired the reputation of uncommon sanctity, were honoured with a particular worship in several places; and many imagined that this worship drew down...

...RoGreeks and Romans, rendered the sepulchres of the saints the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes. The images of those who during their lives had acquired the reputation of peculiar sanctity, were now honoured with a particular worship in several places, and many imagined,...

...idle propensity which the generality of mankind have towards a gaudy and ostentatious religion;" — and " many imagined that this worship drew down into...the saints or celestial beings they represented." Platina says, that in the fifth century, Pope Sixtus HI. prevailed on the Emperor Valentinian to place...

...Greeks and Romans, rendered the sepulchres of the saints the general rendezvous of suppliant multitudes. The images of those who, during their lives, had acquired the reputation of uncommon sanctity, were now honored with a particular worship in several places. A singular and irresistible efficacy was also...

...invocation of the souls of departed saints. Their assistance was entreated by many fervent prayers, and the images of those who, during their lives had acquired the reputation of sanctity, were honored with worship in several places. A singular and irresistible efficacy was also...