( Compare Romans 13: 13; 1 Peter 4: 3.) In 601 C.E., Pope Gregory I wrote to Mellitus, his missionary in England, telling him “not to stop such ancient pagan festivities, but to adapt them to the rites of the Church, only changing the reason of them from a heathen to a Christian impulse. ” Thus reports Arthur Weigall, who once was inspector general of antiquities for the Egyptian government.
აღვირახსნილობის წინააღმდეგ გამოსვლის ნაცვლად, ეკლესია მას მხარს უჭერდა (შეადარე რომაელთა 13: 13; 1 პეტრე 4: 3).