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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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. Nam in Apistola ad Sererium, Massiliensem Fpisco-
pum, probat, quod is imagines adorari vetuisset; repre-
hendit, qual fregisset. Et idem tamen ad decunclinum
quendam scribens, cui imaginem daluatoris miserat:
nos quidem, inquit, non quasi ante divinitatem ante
nillam prosternimur, sed illum adoramus, quem perima-
nginem aut natum aut passum, sed in thiono scdlentem
recordamur. auae quidem non obscure ostendunt,
Gregorium coram imagine, sive obuersum imagi-
nissolitum suisse Christum adorare. Zt reuera id
ipsum est, quod alii imagmeo adorare appellant:
ut postea dicam. Et videtur Gregoriis in re quam
per se adiaphoram putabat, scandali vitandi caussa, sese
accommodasse iis, ad quos scribebat. )In Gallia enim
tardius mualuit imaginum veneratio; multo antem
Oriente et Italia. et Claudius quidam prusbyter, a
Ludonico Pio ex Gallia ad Italos misus, atque ob
doctrinam factus Taurinensis Lpiscopus, narcat,
se in periculo fuisse, quod imaginum cultui restitisset:
quemadmalum apparet ex refutatore eius lona Au-
relianensi. cuius rei rationem petendam arbitror
ex genio populorum; semper enim illarum regionum
incola vivacioris imeaginationis suere, et proinde
in ritibus exactiore. Unde statuis quoque imperato-
rum et Regum habiti honores, quasi praesenti principi:
quael