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" ... as that, on the day of the dedication, or the nativities of the holy martyrs, whose relics are there deposited, they may build themselves huts of the boughs of trees, about those churches which have been turned to that use from temples... "
Horæ Britannicæ; or, Studies in ancient British history - Page 258
by John Hughes - 1819
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation: From the Coming of Julius ...

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 584 pages
...Oxen in. the Sacrifice to Devils, fume Solemnity rnitft be exchang'd for them on this Account, as that on the Day of the Dedication, or the Nativities of the Holy Martyrs, •whofe Relicks are there depofited, they may builJ themfelves Huts of the Boughs of Trees, about...
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The family history of England, Volume 1

George Robert Gleig - 1836 - 484 pages
...Thus, in the days of the new dedications (of churches), or on the nativity of the martyrs, whose bones are there deposited, they may build themselves huts, of the boughs of trees, round the churches, and celebrating the assembly with religious feasting, no more offer beasts to the...
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Researches Into the Ecclesiastical and Political State of Ancient ..., Volume 2

Francis Thackeray - 1843 - 354 pages
...the heaviest charges brought by Bede59 against the British Christians consists in their not " that on the day of the dedication or the nativities of...Martyrs, whose relics are there deposited, they may build them" selves huts of the boughs of trees, about those churches which " have been turned to that use...
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The Literary History of the Middle Ages: Comprehending an Account of the ...

Joseph Berington - 1846 - 532 pages
...substituted for them. Thus, on the days of the new dedication, (of churches,) or on the nativities of the martyrs whose relics are there deposited, they may build themselves huts of the boughs of trees round the churches, and, celebrating the solemnity with religious feasting, no more offer beasts to...
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A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England

George Ayliffe Poole - 1848 - 478 pages
...oxen in the sacrifices to devils, some solemnity must be exchanged for them on this account; as that on the day of the dedication, or the nativities of...churches which have been turned to that use from temples, 3 and celebrate the solemnity with religious feasting, and no more offer beasts to the devil, but kill...
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The chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon. Also, The acts of Stephen, king of ...

Henricus (de Huntingdon.) - 1853 - 540 pages
...sacrifices to devils, some solemnity ought to be substituted for this: on the anniversary of the feast of dedication, or the nativities of the holy martyrs whose relics are there deposited, they may erect booths with the boughs of trees round those churches which have been converted from temples,...
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The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising the History of England ...

Henry (of Huntingdon) - 1853 - 516 pages
...sacrifices to devils, some solemnity ought to be substituted for this : on the anniversary of the feast of dedication, or the nativities of the holy martyrs whose relics are there deposited, they may erect booths with the boughs of trees round those churches which have been converted from temples,...
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The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising the History of England ...

Henry (of Huntingdon) - 1853 - 490 pages
...sacrifices, to devils, some solemnity ought to be substituted for this : 011 the anniversary of the feast of dedication, or the nativities of the holy martyrs whose relics are there deposited, they may erect booths with the boughs of trees round those churches which have been converted from temples,...
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Witham in olden time, two lectures

John Bramston - 1855 - 60 pages
...sacrifices to devils, some solemnity must be exchanged for them on this account ; as that on the day of dedication or the nativities of the holy martyrs,...deposited, they may build themselves huts of the boughs ot trees about those churches which hare been turned to that use from temples, and celebrate the solemnity...
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Altar sins; or, Historical illustrations of the eucharistic errors of Rome ...

Edward Muscutt - 1857 - 424 pages
...many oxen in the sacrifices to devils, some solemnity must be exchanged for them on this account : — they may build themselves huts of the boughs of trees...churches, which have been turned to that use from temples. . . . For there is no doubt that it is impossible to efface everything at once from their obdurate...
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