Deum offendit []qualiscumque pompa circi : etsi pauca simulacra circumferat, in uno idololatria est; etsi unam tensam trahat, Iovis tamen plaustrum est; quaevis idololatria sordide instructa vel modice locuples et splendida est censu criminis sui.
the pomp of the circus, whatever its character, offends God. Even if the images are but few in its procession, one image is idolatry; if but one chariot is drawn, it is yet Joves car; any idolatry in any form, meanly equipped, moderately rich, splendid, is still reckoned idolatry in its guilt.
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