...then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? [20] But / say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God ; arid I would not that ye should have communion with demons. |>i] Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,...

...fifth century, our thought inevitably follows a different line. On the other hand, when he says, ' the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God,' he uses language which Plutarch would have understood, attributing a real existence to those inferior...

...that their worship is all of one origin, which agrees exactly with 1. Cor. x : 20, " But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God." fThe land is dotted over with little temples, reared in honor of those who have been faithful to their...

...into fellowship with themselves. Whence the apostle says, " We know that an idol is nothing, but those things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not ye should have fellowship with demons."3 After this captivity, therefore, in which...

...then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have communion with demons. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,...

...Nothings, Dv^l Nothings, D'W Nothings, Dvv tf Idols, fi8to\a. K Idols, ei&oAa. X Demons, Saipovta. 2. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God (1 Cor. x. 20). This is a quotation from the Septuagint — Deut. xxxii. 17 Shedim, D^lt? Demons, Deut....

...mythology were not gods, as their worshippers thought, but demons, in accordance with Paul's words: 'The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.' * But there can be little doubt that the principal reason is the one already stated. Dante wanted a...

...claim that their worship is all of a kind, which agrees exactly with 1 Cor. 10. 20: 'But I sny, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.' "The Manchurians taking China at the close of the Mini: dynasty, even though they adopted the conquered...

...coronation festival in Mexico. It was divine justice which swept away the civilization of the Aztecs. "The things which the gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God." The Egyptian sculptor was hampered by the rules of his art. It was subject to architecture and tradition....

...lurking in the heathen temples, and were the real objects of worship in the idol shrines. Paul says : " The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with demons" (1 COR. 10:20 Gr.). They are the sources...