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| Chapter IX.—Folly of idol worship.
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And neither
do we honour with many sacrifices and garlands of flowers such deities as
men have formed and set in shrines and called gods; since we see that
these are soulless and dead, and have not the form of God (for we do not
consider that God has such a form as some say that they imitate to His
honour), but have the names and forms of those wicked demons which have
appeared. For why need we tell you who already know, into what forms the
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carving and cutting, casting and hammering,
fashion the materials? And often out of vessels of dishonour, by merely
changing the form, and making an image of the requisite shape, they make
what they call a god; which we consider not only senseless, but to be
even insulting to God, who, having ineffable glory and form, thus gets
His name attached to things that are corruptible, and require constant
service. And that the artificers of these are both intemperate, and, not
to enter into particulars, are practised in every vice, you very well
know; even their own girls who work along with them they corrupt. What
infatuation! that dissolute men should be said to fashion and make gods
for your worship, and that you should appoint such men the guardians of
the temples where they are enshrined; not recognising that it is unlawful
even to think or say that men are the guardians of gods.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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