 | Robert Henry - 1789 - 644 pages
...and little pomp. This was moft agreeable to the pure and fpiritual nature of the Chriftian worihip, and moft conducive to real piety. But after they came...magnificent churches were built, and adorned with th$ Mofheim . Hift. Ecclef. fjrcul. 4 p. jjfc. (je) Stillinjfleet'i Orig. Brit. ch. 3. pictures of... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1814 - 638 pages
...invented. The clergy began to officiate in a variety of habits, not much unlike those of the pagan priests. Great numbers of magnificent churches were built, and adorned with the pictures of saints and martyrs; pagan rites and ceremonies were symbolized ; fasts, festivals, andholydays multiplied... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 pages
...favour, they began to embellish their worship with many newinvented ceremonies, and even adopted some of the pagan rites and practices with little alteration....churches were built, and adorned with the pictures of saints and martyrs, in imitation of the heathen temples : the Christian clergy officiated in a variety... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...favour, they began to embellish their worship with many new-invented ceremonies, and even adopted some of the Pagan rites and practices with little alteration....churches were built, and adorned with the pictures of saints and martyrs, in imitation of the Heathen temples; the Christian clergy officiated in a variety... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - 1849 - 682 pages
...Pagan rites and practices with little alteration. * Spelman, p, 42. t Ibid, Collier, vol. i, p. 27. Great numbers of magnificent churches were built, and adorned with the pictures of saints and martyrs, in imitation of the Heathen temples : the Christian clergy officiated in a variety... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 2001 - 640 pages
...invented. The clergy began to officiate in a variety of habits, not much unlike those of the pagan priests. Great numbers of magnificent churches were built, and adorned with the pictures of saints and martyrs ; pagan rites and ceremonies were symbo* lized ; fasts, festivals, and holydays... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1788 - 406 pages
...churches of Chrift were obnoxious worfliipin .... , . , the +th to the civil powers, and every moment m dancentury. ger of perfecution, they performed the...faints and martyrs, in imitation of the Heathen temples j the Chriftian clergy officiated in a variety of habits, not much unlike thofe of the Pagan priefts... | |
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Chriftian worfhip, and moft conducive to real piety. But after they came to enjoy fecurity, wealth, and royal favour, they began to embellifh their worfhip with many new-invented ceremonies, and even adopted fome of the Pagan rites and practices with... 