{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/201/2010546.htm","path":"chr/ecf/201/2010546.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/201/2010546.htm","text":"Chapter XXVII.\u2014How Constantine commanded the Materials of the Idol Temple, and the Soil itself, to be removed at a Distance.\nNor did the emperor\u2019s zeal stop here; but he gave further orders that the materials of what was thus destroyed, both stone and timber, should be removed and thrown as far from the spot as possible; and this command also was speedily executed. The emperor, however, was not satisfied with having proceeded thus far: once more, fired with holy ardor, he directed that the ground itself should be dug up to a considerable depth, and the soil which had been polluted by the foul impurities of demon worship transported to a far distant place.","title":"Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol I: The Life ...","type":"page"}