Bible Dictionary: Oaths: The Jews: Forbidden to Take, in Name of Idols

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Joshua 23:7
That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them:
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Concerning Salutations and Recreations, &C.
... so, if all manner of oaths had been forbidden by Christ ... So also some Jews did witness,
as Grotius relates out of ... It is best for a man to abstain from all oaths. ...
/.../proposition xv concerning salutations and.htm

Exposition of the Moral Law.
... in view was to meet the cavils by which the Jews thought they ... see that in that passage
our Lord merely condemned those oaths which were forbidden by the ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 exposition of the.htm

Nature of Covenanting.
... Nay, the Israelites were explicitly forbidden to swear by them. ... shalt perform unto
the Lord thine oaths: but I ... out the heathen from among the Jews who returned ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter i nature of covenanting.htm

Homilies on the Statues.
... Gospel, the book of the, oaths taken on, [1230]443 ... Jesus of Nazareth, the common
name of our Lord, [1386 ... Jews in distress could not listen, [1387]346; reproved ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homilies on the statues.htm

The Seven Ecumenical Councils
... The great Synod has stringently forbidden any bishop ... lawful to receive unleavened
bread from the Jews� ... subjects to penalties those who take heathen oaths� ...
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Origen Against Celsus
... how Celsus could hear of the elephants' fidelity to oaths� ... of human glory, we maintain,
is forbidden not only by ... But it is to be observed that the Jews� ...
//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... it was given in particular to the Jews, but as ... third commandment, which says, 'Thou
shalt not take the name ... from the same root as do the oaths themselves, even ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
... 357; idle, danger of, in reading, [1004]398; forbidden, 573 ... Divorce, why permitted
the Jews, [1089]349; rebuked by Christ, [1090]402; may not take place for ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

Period iii. The Dissolution of the Imperial State Church and the ...
... a widow not separated from her husband, nor forbidden by laws ... Alemanni turned their
backs and began to take flight ... queen how by calling upon the name of Christ ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period iii the dissolution of.htm

The Doctrine
... had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression""that is, though they
did not take the forbidden fruit as ... Thou shalt not take the name of the ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the doctrine.htm

Subtopics

Oaths

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Any Particular Act

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Sacred Duties

Oaths used for Confirming Covenants

Oaths used for Deciding Controversies in Courts of Law

Oaths used for Pledging Allegiance to Sovereigns

Oaths: Antiquity of

Oaths: Custom of Swearing by the Life of the King

Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as As Thy Soul Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as Before God I Lie Not