Killen, professor of ecclesiastical history, wrote: In the second and third centuries the playhouse in every large town was a centre of attraction. and whilst the actors were generally persons of very loose morals, their dramatic performances were perpetually pandering to the depraved appetites of the age....
( যোহন ১৭ :⁠ ১৪ ​ ১৬) যুদ্ধ আৰু হিংসাৰ বিপৰীতে তেওঁলোকে ‘ নিজ নিজ তাৰোৱাল ভাঙি নাঙলৰ ফাল গঢ়াই লৈছিল । ’