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Exodus 20:23
You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.
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Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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Library

The Worship of the Church. The Religion of the Primitive ...
... to their weakness, because they were lately drawn off from idols; but now ... of public
worship; in some places vessels of silver or of gold were used at the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter i the worship of.htm

Dress as Connected with Idolatry.
... That famous purple, therefore, and the gold as an ornament ... friendship of kings (whence,
too, such used to be ... had been no zealous slave to idols, nor worshipped ...
/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xviii dress as connected with.htm

Impiety of Attributing a visible Form to God. --The Setting up of ...
... As for crosses of gold and silver, it may be ... hold of this similitude: As the Patriarchs
used the sacrifices of ... the images of saints instead of the idols of the ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 11 impiety of attributing.htm

Letter Xlvi. (AD 398. )
... in the arrangement, even such as the payment of gold, and giving ... the same sedanchair
[1667] as has been used by pagans coming down from their idols on a ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xlvi a d 398.htm

A Letter from Origen to Gregory.
... was a third and fourth quality of gold, from it ... the Hebrews, guided by the wisdom
of God, used for God's ... not tasted the bread of the Egyptians, made no idols. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origens letters/a letter from origen to 2.htm

Mercy must be Freely Shown Even Though it Brings an Odium of Its ...
... girls and infants from the pollution of idols, whereby through ... Lawrence, who preferred
to spend the gold of the ... in small payments, and were also used for the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxviii mercy must be.htm

Acts of Sharbil, who was a Priest of Idols, and was Converted to ...
... and a headband embossed with figures of gold was set upon ... stock and a jest by those
who used formerly to ... cannot any longer worship and serve the idols of error ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents acts of.htm

Blessed is He Above all in his Birth!
... The gold of the idols worshipped Thee, that Thou didst ... The gold that had been worshipped
worshipped thee, when the ... fled and his hosts, he that used to exult in ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xv blessed is he.htm

The Temple of Serapis (Ad 391)
... tell you what took place as to the idols of Egypt ... who had shut themselves up in the
temple, used to rush ... jewels, and was covered with plates of gold and silver ...
/.../chapter xvi the temple of.htm

Gallus, Apostle of Switzerland.
... ocular demonstration, the nothingness and powerlessness of their idols. ... on the word
of Peter, Gold and silver ... My teacher Columban used to distribute the body ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/gallus apostle of switzerland.htm

Subtopics

Gold used in the Arts in Ornamenting the Priests' Garments

Gold used in the Arts: Apparel

Gold used in the Arts: Beaten Work

Gold used in the Arts: Bedsteads Made of

Gold used in the Arts: Crowns Made of

Gold used in the Arts: Into Ornaments

Gold used in the Arts: Made Into Wire Threads and Worked Into Embroidered Tapestry