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