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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.

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§8. The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods.

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