Leviticus 26:1 (WEB)
“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“For this cause—the eradicating, namely, of the material of idolatry—the divine law proclaims, “Thou shalt make no idol;” and by conjoining, “Nor a similitude of the things which are in the heaven, and which are in the earth, and which are in the sea,” has interdicted the servants…” — editor's note: Lev. xxvi. 1; Ex. xx. 4; Deut. v. 8. It must of course be borne in mind that Tertullian has defined the meaning of the word idol in the former chapter, and…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Far be it from me that I should ever, among other chastisements, be thus reproached by Him Who is good, but walks contrary to me in fury because of my own contrariness: I have smitten you with blasting and mildew, and blight; without result.” — editor's note: Lev. xxvi. 1 (LXX.); Amos iv. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But ask what is the reward, and thou wilt find it there said: “That thine enemies may be driven forth before thy face, and that you may receive the land which God promised to your fathers.”” — editor's note: Lev. xxvi. 1–13.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 4.