| Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1896 - 720 pages
...Abbot to tell Augustine that " the temples of the idols in " that nation ought not to be pulled down. But let the idols that are in them " be destroyed...requisite that they be converted from the worship of demons to the " service of the true God. . . . And, because people have been wont to " slaughter many... | |
| Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - 1909 - 496 pages
...determined upon, " viz., that the temples of the idols in that nation ought not to " be destroyed, but let the idols that are in them be destroyed ;...sprinkled in the said temples, let " altars be erected and relies placed in them. For, if those " temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted... | |
| 1869 - 900 pages
...affairs of the English, determined npon, viz., that the temples of the idole ought not to be destroyed ; but let the idols that are In them be destroyed ; let holy water be made and sprinkled In the «aid temples : let altars be erected and relics placed. For if those temples are well built it is... | |
| 156 pages
...determined upon, viz. that the temples of idols in that nation ought by no means to be pulled down ; but let the idols that are in them be destroyed ; let holy water be consecrated and sprinkled in the said temple ; let altars be raised and relics deposited under them.... | |
| Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club - 1923 - 314 pages
...idols ought not to be destroyed. Let the idols that are in them be destroyed ; but let holy water be sprinkled in the said temples — let altars be erected and relics placed." St. Gregory was only following earlier methods of dealing with heathenism. By an edict of Theodosius,... | |
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