...ridiculous on the one hand, than thesolemnity and liberality with which this good, but silly pontiff, distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...all dangers both of a temporal and spiritual nature \_z], III. Several attempts were made in this ce tury to lay down a proper and judicious metho of explaining...

...ridiculous, on the one hand, than " the solemnity and liberality with which this good " but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working " relics ; and nothing...dangers both of a temporal and " spiritual nature." * * Mosbeim, Cent. VI. part ii. The testimony of the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman...

...and liberality with which this good but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working relics ; and not more lamentable on the other, than the stupid eagerness...from all dangers both of a temporal and spiritual nature.1 HI. Several attempts were made in this century to lay IT* .t«- at down a proper and judicious...

...ridiculous on the one hand, than the solemnity and liberality with which this eood but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...tombs of the martyrs, had a supernatural efficacy to sanctity its possessors, and to defend mem from all dangers both of a temporal and spiritual nature/...

...sick, and healed them." It is said to have been generally believed, during the sixth century, that the oil taken from the lamps which burned at the tombs...dangers, both of a temporal and spiritual nature. See the list of sacred oils which Gregory the Great sent Queen Theudelinda, in the work of Ruinartus,...

...ridiculous, on the one hand, than the solemnity and liberality with which this good but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...dangers both of a temporal and spiritual nature."* The testimony of the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, may, by many readers, be...

...ridiculous on the one hand than the solemnity and liberality with which this good, but silly pontiff, distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...taken from the lamps, which burned at the tombs of martyrs, had a supernatural efficacy to sanctify its possessors, and to defend them from all dangers,...

...distributed the wonder-working relics; and nothing more lamentable on the other, than the stupid eageruess and devotion with which the deluded multitude received...from all dangers both of a temporal and spiritual nature."—Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, vol. ip 452. This is the account which Mosheim gives us...

...ridiculous on the one hand, than the solemnity and liberality with which this good but silly pontiff distributed the wonder-working relics ; and nothing...from all dangers, both of a temporal and spiritual nature.1 Theetateofexe e ^^' Several attempts were made in this century to lay tical or explana- down...

...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...