“Divine worship means the same thing where time is concerned, as the temple where space is concerned. ‘Temple’ means . . . that a particular piece of ground is specially reserved, and marked off from the remainder of the land which is used either for agriculture or habitation. . . . Similarly in divine worship a certain definite space of time is set aside from working hours and days . . . and like the space allotted to the temple, is not used, is withdrawn from all merely utilitarian ends.”
Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture
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