Bible Encyclopedia: Stars: Worship of, Forbidden

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All Association with Idols is to be Avoided.
... men to shine upon them, but not for worship; although the ... or by the moon, or by the
stars; nor by ... Judaic corruption, and on that account was forbidden; and if ...
/.../constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii all association with idols.htm

The divine institutes
... XXVI.--Of the Worship of the Elements and Stars. ... LVIII.--Of the True Worship of God,
and Sacrifice. ... are to Be Subdued, and We Must Abstain from Forbidden Things ...
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Ignorance of Evil.
... in Scripture, that soothsaying, consulting the stars, magic, and ... idea that real
knowledge may be forbidden us ... Worship and service make up their blessedness; and ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xviii ignorance of evil.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... to represent the various connections of the stars. ... to extirpate the customs of
idolatrous worship, the Lord ... wherefore he was absolutely forbidden to approach ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Balance of Powers in Nature Shews that it is not God, Either ...
... they imagine God to be a body, and worship with divine ... proper limits, and it in its
turn is forbidden by autumn ... moon and the rest of the band of stars ought to ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 29 the balance of.htm

The Second Commandment
... to his mind, and that which he has expressly forbidden? ... in heaven, earth, water,'
sun, moon, stars, male, female ... subject we are to this sin of false worship? ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 2 the second commandment.htm

Whether the Production of Light is Fittingly Assigned to the First ...
... creatures; for they would have paid them Divine worship, since they were prone to
worship as gods even the sun, moon, and stars, which was forbidden them (Dt.4 ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the production of light.htm

The Beginning of Things. Away Back in the Beginning of Things God ...
... night, and seasons and years, and the stars came also ... had eaten of the fruit that
was forbidden, Adam laid ... They had been taught to worship God by bringing the ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter i the beginning of.htm

On Lent, iv.
... his tools, as he once drove men to take what was forbidden, so in ... God, twice blasphemous,
by setting up their fast not only in worship of the stars but also ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xlii on lent iv.htm

"Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge"
... the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and ... which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee." Verses ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 24 destroyed for lack.htm

Nave's Topical Index

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
Nave's Topical Index

Subtopics

Stars

Stars of the Deliverer

Stars: Comets

Stars: Constellations of

Stars: Created by God

Stars: Crown of Twelve Stars

Stars: Darkening of

Stars: Differ in Splendor

Stars: Falling of

Stars: Orion

Stars: Planets