. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . THE FORTERESSE DE LA FOy. (.MS. Roy. 17 F. vi ) [T,i/j<-,T.::: 15 FAITH AND PRACTICE IX THE MIDDLE AGES. 773 more jjardonable than earnest heresy. A man who took interestfor money, knowinn that it was wrong, committed an act whichcould be condonefl b\- a penance; whereas his behef that he haddone no wrong would brand him immistakabl\- as a priesth- view of the relation between morals and fait
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . THE FORTERESSE DE LA FOy. (.MS. Roy. 17 F. vi ) [T,i/j<-,T.::: 15 FAITH AND PRACTICE IX THE MIDDLE AGES. 773 more jjardonable than earnest heresy. A man who took interestfor money, knowinn that it was wrong, committed an act whichcould be condonefl b\- a penance; whereas his behef that he haddone no wrong would brand him immistakabl\- as a priesth- view of the relation between morals and faith foinid. .ST. . \\l. A . A IiIAIL.{From a Fresco in South Leigh Church, Oxfordshire.) allowance for every kind of actual sin ; but ditforcnce ot opinionwas only to be met by ruthless extermination. Conceive the effect of this all-pervading atmosphere on thelife of the individual. He nnist duly perform certain actsenjoined by the Church as the conditions of entrance to thefuture world; he must not think any thoughts except such aswere warranted bj the (Jhurch on pain of condemnation in thisworld. Of course, occasional protests are not wanting againstthis materialistic and unexpansive attitude. But it was the W4 THE ISEdlXXIXGS OF MODERN ENGLAND. The Churchand theHome. penalty paid by Iliristiaiiity for taking over the heathen worldwholesale ; and if it did not in any real sense Christianise thevast barbarian hordes on whom it was impressed, the strongrestraining influence of an iniiversal machinery played noinappreciable part in the process of civilising them.
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