Deuteronomy 32:17 (WEB)
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
Fathers and councils · 6
Gregory of Nyssa
“For that which now is, and formerly was not, is clearly new and not eternal, and to have regard to any new object of worship is called by Moses the service of demons, when he says, “They sacrificed to devils and not to God, to gods whom their fathers knew not; new gods were they that came newly up.”” — editor's note: Cf. Deut. xxxii. 17 (LXX.). The quotation is not exact.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“New gods and strange came up, whom your fathers knew not; the God that begat thee thou didst desert.’” — editor's note: Ibid. 17.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.19Conference XVI
“…sacrifices not to God but to devils, and so be worthy of hearing this rebuke of Moses: “They sacrificed to devils and not to God; to gods whom they knew not.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 17.
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Justin Martyr
“It shall consume the earth and her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains; I will heap mischief on them.’” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 16–23.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Deuteronomy: “They sacrificed unto demons, and not to God.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 17.
Read the whole comment“Likewise in Deuteronomy: They sacrificed unto demons, and not unto God.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxxii. 17.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.2.
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 4.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 4.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 4.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 4.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.1.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.2.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.2.