Inveighing against the stage, he callsit the reign of vice and iniquity, and the ruin of cities: and commendsthe sayin The Jewish womenstripped themselves of their most costly ornaments to contribute towardsthe expense of the building. I beseech you that you show not anunseasonable good-will towards me. sent to bring her corpse to his monastery,where {392} he caused it to be laid in the tomb which he had preparedfor himself.
Footnotes:1. Gregory educated him inhis monastery, and admiring his progress in learning and piety, gave himthe clerical tonsure. She was brought up in the loveof humiliations and austerities. The prophets had a viewto it in all their predictions, this being the principal point in allthe wonderful revelations of God made
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