1 Corinthians 8:4 (WEB)
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
Fathers and councils · 13
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.24Book VIII
“In reference to this statement, it would be profitable for us to take up and clearly explain the whole passage of the first Epistle to the Corinthians, in which Paul treats of offerings to idols.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4, 11.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth; yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we through Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4, etc.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 Cor. 8:4) These then were not made by the Word; but whatever things were made naturally, the whole universe, were; every creature from an angel to a worm.” — the author cites it
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Second Council of Nicaea (787)
- Second Council of Nicaea (787), Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the SubjectEditor's excursus
“For idols are the figments and inventions of men, as the Apostle testifies when he says (1 Cor. viii. 4), “We know that an idol is nothing in the world.”” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“There is, therefore, God in God, but not two Gods; for it is written that there is one God, and there is Lord in Lord, but not two Lords, forasmuch as it is likewise written: “Serve not two lords.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 18; 1 Cor. viii. 4, 6.
Read the whole comment“Yet what think ye, who deny the goodness and true Godhead of the Son of God, though it is written that there is no God but One?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment““One God,” he says, “and one Lord Jesus;” and above: “One God, not two Gods;” and then: “One Lord, not two Lords.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4, 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
““The things,” brethren, saith the Apostle, “which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice unto devils, and not to God; we know that an idol is nothing: and that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God; and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4, x. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment“Whence also the Apostle says, “We know that an idol is nothing.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment“An idol also was not made by the Word;—it has indeed a sort of human form, but man himself was made by the Word;—for the form of man in an idol was not made by the Word, and it is written, “We know that an idol is nothing.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
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Tertullian
“He introduces his discussion about meats offered to idols with a statement concerning idols (themselves): “We know that an idol is nothing in the world.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
Read the whole comment““Not that an idol is anything,” as the apostle says, but that the homage they render is to demons, who are the real occupants of these consecrated images, whether of dead men or (as they think) of gods.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…the Law and the Prophets to learn to worship one God only, the only Sovereign; then to be taught by the apostle, “but to us an idol is nothing in the world,” since nothing among created things can be a likeness of God; and further, to be taught that none of those images which they worship can be similitudes: for…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 4.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject.
Cited together in Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 1:3 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.