{"collection":"Christian Texts","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_204_2040053_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_204_2040053_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_chr_ecf_204_2040053_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/204/2040053.htm","summary":"\u00a78. The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods.","tags":["Arian Controversy","Athanasius","Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers"],"text":null,"title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. IV: Against the Heathen. (Contra Gentes.): The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods. The race of men descends into a hopeless depth of delusion and superstition.","tradition":"Christian Texts","translated_text":null,"word_count":553}