Killen, professor of ecclesiastical history, wrote: “In the second and third centuries the playhouse in every large town was a centre of attraction; and whilst the actors were generally persons of very loose morals, their dramatic performances were perpetually pandering to the depraved appetites of the age.... All true Christians viewed the theatre with disgust....
Тэд театрын бузар явдлыг жигшиж, харийн бурхан, охин тэнгэрт байнга ханддагийг нь өөрсдийнх нь итгэл үнэмшлийг доромжилсон хэрэг гэж үздэг байлаа » хэмээн бичжээ (« The Ancient Church », 318 — 319 - р хуудас).