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.

13. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism?
What is true of everyone who believes in Jesus?
Were the gifts of the Spirit to continue forever?
For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees?
What does the Bible present as the object of signing or sealing a document?
Hearing these words, what questions did the disciples ask?
15. Were there to he no resurrection of the dead, what would be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ?

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