That There is No Idol in the World

Eis to ouden eidolon en kosmo

Gregory Thaumaturgus · c. 250–270 AD · PG 10

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1Honor paid to the God who truly is is somehow also an honor of the one who honors; but honor paid to the god who is not is, by contrast, a dishonor of the very one who honors.

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ἡ μὲν εἰς θεὸν τὸν ὄντως ὄντα τιμὴ πάντως που καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τιμῶντός ἐστι τιμή, ἡ δὲ εἰς τὸν οὐκ ὄντα θεὸν τιμὴ ἐξ ἐναντίας αὐτοῦ τοῦ τιμῶντός ἐστιν ἀτιμία.

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