How was the "devotion", of the "faithful" disturbed?

Answer

"Church teachers . . . were, in truth, often forced to complain that in such competitions the theatre was
vastly more frequented than the church."-Id., page 300.

What is the means through which this justifying grace is made available to the sinner?
With what sins are rebellion and stubbornness classed?
How extensively did Christ make use of parables?
What is the wages of sin?
What appeared upon the opening of the second seal?
By what are we to try them?
Before he was afflicted, what did he do?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle