Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 1-4: Impiety of Attributing a Visible

Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 1-4: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…

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Sections God is opposed to idols, that all may know he is the only fit witness to himself. He expressly forbids any attempt to represent him by a bodily shape. Reasons for this prohibition from Moses, Isaiah, and Paul. The complaint of a heat

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