Opening the library…

Home Bible Corpus Discover You

Search the Bible

On the Vanity of Idols

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 1

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

1. That those are no gods whom the common people worship

‹ On the Vanity of Idols: Showing that the Idols are Not Gods, and that God is One, and that Through Christ Salvation is Given to Believers.Section 2 ›

,

is

known

from

this

.

They

were

formerly

kings

,

who

on

account

of

their

royal

memory

subsequently

began

to

be

adored

by

their

people

even

in

death

.

Thence

temples

were

founded

to

them

;

thence

images

were

sculptured

to

retain

the

countenances

of

the

deceased

by

the

likeness

;

and

men

sacrificed

victims

,

and

celebrated

festal

days

,

by

way

of

giving

them

honour

.

Thence

to

posterity

those

rites

became

sacred

which

at

first

had

been

adopted

as

a

consolation

.

And

now

let

us

see

whether

this

truth

is

confirmed

in

individual

instances

.