Wishart, Alfred Wesley, 1865-1933 · Trenton, N.J., A. Brandt · leaf 200
. Austere simplicitycharacterized their churches, liturgy and habits.Gorgeousness in decoration and ostentation inpublic services were carefully avoided. They usedno pictures, stained glass or images. Once a weekthey flogged their sinful bodies. Only four hourssleep was allowed. Seeking out the… … SATMT BER^AMB AFTER. AN ENGRAVIirG ByAMBHOISE TARDIEU, EEiOM AEAINTHTS OITGLASS IN THE COWVEUT OF THE H. P. MINIMES, -AT RHEIMS REFORMED ORDERS 193 Cistercians were characterized by devoutness andpoverty. After a while the hand of fate wrote ofthem as it had of so many, none were moregreedy in…
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