Excerpt from Thesaurus Commentationum Selectarum Et Antiquiorum Et Recentiorum, Vol. 2: Illustrandis Antiquitatibus Christianis Inservientium; Pars PriorVeteres autem Christianos, i. E. Christianos ante Gonfiantini tem pora, sacra publica admodum studiose coluisse, docent primum cura et sole1tia, quam in condendis iis et augendis posuerunt; deinde religio et verecundia, qua ea observarunt, porro constantia eorum, qua nec mole stiis nec perieulis a Deo et Christo publice adorando aroe|i potuerunt; denique desiderium revertendi ad fiatrum conventns, in iis animadver tendum Christianis, qu| abesse iussi fuerant ab ecclesiae commuuionc. De quibus singulis deinceps dicetur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.