The mother church, kind and wise, did not believe that she had to uproot them; rather, by transforming them in a Christian sense, raising them to new nobility and new life, she prevailed over them by means that were powerful yet gentle, so as to win to herself without uproar the souls of both the masses and the cultured. ”
ამ ჩვეულებებს ხალხი ძალიან აფასებდა, ხოლო ძველ მსოფლიოში ტრადიციები ღრმად იყო ფესვებგადგმული საზოგადოებრივ თუ პირად ცხოვრებაში.