Hosea 4:12 (WEB)
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“But sin also is called spirit, as I have already said; only in another and opposite sense, as when it is said, The spirit of whoredom caused them to err.” — editor's note: Hosea iv. 12.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.32Conference VII
“And that some spirits incite to lust and wantonness the prophet maintains saying: “The spirit of fornication deceived them and they went astray from their God.”” — editor's note: Hos. iv. 12.
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“…thee,” of which fornication elsewhere also the Lord says in rebuking them: “The spirit of fornication deceived them, and they went a whoring from their God.”” — editor's note: Hos. iv. 12.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“I am he on account of whom also the prophet reproves those who have fallen, saying, “Ye have been caused to err by the spirit of whoredom.”” — editor's note: Hosea iv. 12.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.