...imagined in view of the fact stated by Mosheim, that the people were made to believe, that " fetid oil, taken from the lamps which burned at the tombs...dangers, both of a temporal and spiritual nature." " He prescribed a new method of administering the Lord's Supper, with a magnificent assemblage of pompous...

...ridiculous on the one hand, than the solemnity and liberality with which this superstitious pontiff distributed the wonderworking relics ; and nothing...the lamps which burned at the tombs of the martyrs, or the filings of a chain supposed to have been worn by a saint, had a supernatural efficacy to sanctify...

...ridiculous, on the one hand, than the solemnity and liberality with whit! this good but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...than the stupid eagerness and devotion with which the stupid multitnde received them, and suffered themselves to be persuaded that a portion of stinking...