Bible Dictionary: Idolatry: Objects of The Heavenly Bodies

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2 Kings 23:5
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
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Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
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The Various Developments of Idolatry: Worship of the Heavenly ...
... Section 9. The various developments of idolatry: worship of the heavenly bodies,
the elements, natural objects, fabulous creatures, personified lusts, men ...
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The Marcionites Depreciate the Creation, Which, However, is a ...
... Anaximenes air, Anaximander all the heavenly bodies, Strato the ... as divine, [2481]
which are objects of worship ... inspired by the common idolatry, when ashamed of ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xiii the marcionites depreciate the.htm

Whether the Cause Assigned for the Production of the Lights is ...
... his works, and is most useful for perceiving objects. ... signs," rather than "causes,"
to guard against idolatry. ... of his soul, is nobler than the heavenly bodies. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the cause assigned for.htm

The Danger of Deviating from Divine Institutions.
... Adoration offered to other than God, is idolatry. ... The heavenly bodies were adored
as the supposed residences of ... impress a reverence for the objects of worship ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xxviii the danger of.htm

Select Works and Letters or Athanasius
... Section 9. The various developments of idolatry: worship of the heavenly bodies,
the elements, natural objects, fabulous creatures, personified lusts, men ...
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On Idolatry
... take the gods of foreign nations as objects of worship ... God, when the papists say
that our heavenly Father has ... the heathen did to the relics of their idolatry. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 23 on idolatry.htm

Homilies on Galatians and Ephesians.
... 222]15; to be beneficial to the objects of it ... Idolatry of Christians is covetousness,
[339]134; its origin ... 39; paid divine honors to the heavenly bodies, [405]5. ...
/.../homilies on galatians and ephesians.htm

Faustus Repels the Charge of Sun-Worship
... perfection to his position among the heavenly bodies, you maintain ... The objects of
your worship can be shown ... this very explanation of their idolatry, on which ...
/.../faustus repels the charge of.htm

The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual ...
... his favour, the wicked and profane the special objects of his ... God, is dull and blind
in heavenly mysteries ... vice, or rush headlong into open idolatry, there was ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 5 the knowledge of.htm

Oration on the Holy Lights.
... lives with the movements of the heavenly bodies, which cannot ... even divine, taking
refuge in the objects of his ... covetousness, which is a second idolatry; but he ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxxix oration on the.htm