For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for (rather, 'of') Diana - or 'Artemis' (the one the Latin, the other the Greek name of the goddess); the tutelary goddess of the Ephesians. But the great divinity of the Greeks, who was so called, differed in some important respects from the Ephesian Artemis, who was more allied-in her supposed properties-to Astarte and other Oriental divinities of the female sex. These "shrines" or 'temples' were small models of the Ephesian temple and of the shrine or chapel of the goddess-or of the shrine and statuealone-which were purchased by visitors as memorials of what they had seen, and were carried about and deposited in houses as a charm. The models of the chapel of our Lady of Loretto, and such like, which the Church of Rome systematically encourages, are such a palpable imitation of this pagan practice, that it is no wonder it should be regarded by impartial judges as Christianity Paganized, or Baptized Paganism. Brought no small gain unto the craftsmen - the master-artificers.