His Prayers in the Palace and His Reading of the Scriptures

Still nobler proofs of his piety could be seen by those who noticed how he made his very palace, as it were, into a church of God, and gave an example of zeal to those gathered there. He would take the sacred Scriptures into his hands and devote himself to the study of those divinely inspired oracles, and after this he would offer regular prayers with all the members of his imperial court.