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What does it mean?
Earlier believers displayed a bolder, stricter chivalry and worship than today.
In plain terms
Past devotion was more courageous and disciplined.
What can you take from it?
Embrace the rigor of earlier spiritual practices.

Where it applies

  • religious study
  • cultural reflection

Putting it to work

  • study historical rituals
  • revive sincere devotion

Questions to consider

  • What can modern faith learn from past practices?
  • Is stricter devotion always better?

Another view

Romanticizing the past can ignore its flaws.

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