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saints, or that these and other sacred monuments are stowed by God on men ; so that they who affirm that Mother of God, and of the other saints are to be had which is shown them is referred to the prototypes which condemned, and now also condemns them. honour and veneration are to be given them ; not that Moreover, that the images of Christ, of the Virgin life, and to be glorified are to be venerated by the those images represent ; in such wise that by the living members of Christ and the temple of the Holy dedicated to the memories of the saints are in vain any divinity, or virtue, is believed to be in them, on VENERATION OF RELICS AND IMAGES 81 IMAGES to be condemned, as the Church has already long since faithful; through which bodies many benefits are be- uselessly honoured by the faithful, and that the places anything is to be asked of them ; or that trust is to be images which wo kiss, and before which we uncover account of which they are to be worshipped ; or that visited with the view of obtaining their aid, are wholly Spirit, and which are by him to be raised unto eternal who placed their hope in idols ; but because the honour veneration and honour are not due to the relics of and retained particularly in temples, and that due the head and prostrate ourselves, we adore Christ ; reposed in images, as was of old done by the Gentiles