Through their abstention from much of the community life ​ — the pagan festivals, the public amusements which to Christians were shot through and through with pagan beliefs, practices, and immoralities — ​ they were derided as haters of the human race. ”
એનું કારણ એ હતું કે તેઓ જૂઠી ભક્તિ કે અનૈતિકતા સાથે સંકળાયેલા મનોરંજન કે તહેવારોમાં ભાગ લેતા ન હતા. ’