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idolol_n l._n â—_o c._n 1._o and_o omnipresent_v god_n they_o do_v not_o worship_v they_o pure_o for_o themselves_o but_o as_o god_n be_v in_o they_o and_o they_o be_v as_o st._n austin_n speak_v aut_fw-la part_n ejus_fw-la aut_fw-la membra_fw-la ejus_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la substantiae_fw-la ipâ—ius_fw-la faustum_n ipâ—ius_fw-la august_n l._n 24._o contra_fw-la faustum_n either_o part_n of_o he_o or_o member_n of_o he_o or_o something_o of_o his_o substance_n as_o the_o papist_n believe_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v his_o body_n thus_o they_o deify_v the_o thing_n of_o nature_n though_o they_o think_v there_o be_v but_o one_o supreme_a god_n who_o they_o worship_v in_o they_o as_o â—usebius_n say_v of_o they_o they_o believe_v a_o that_o 13._o that_o hena_n gar_o onia_fw-la theon_n pantoiais_fw-fr dymamesi_fw-la ta_fw-la panta_fw-la plerun_v kai_o dia_z panta_fw-mi diekein_n kai_fw-fr ju_n ton_fw-fr dia_z ton_fw-fr dedelomenon_fw-mi sebein_o euseb_n praepar_n evangel_n l._n 3._o c._n 13._o one_o god_n fill_v all_o thing_n with_o his_o various_a power_n and_o pervade_v all_o thing_n and_o that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v worship_v in_o and_o by_o all_o visible_a thing_n but_o yet_o they_o deny_v that_o those_o visible_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v for_o themselves_o but_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o god_n and_o those_o invisible_a power_n of_o god_n whichwere_fw-mi in_o they_o as_o appear_v from_o the_o same_o place_n pasin_n place_n i_o ta_fw-la horamena_fw-la samata_fw-la heliu_fw-la kai_fw-la selenes_n kai_fw-fr astron_fw-la medege_fw-la ta_fw-la aistheta_fw-la mere_a tu_fw-la kosmu_fw-la phesusi_fw-la the_o opoiein_n alla_fw-mi have_v en_fw-fr tutois_fw-fr aoratus_fw-la dunameis_fw-la autu_fw-la de_fw-la tu_fw-la epi_fw-la pasin_n they_o do_v not_o they_o say_v make_v god_n of_o the_o visible_a body_n of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n or_o the_o other_o sensible_a part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o they_o worship_v those_o invisible_a power_n that_o be_v in_o 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heathen_n that_o they_o do_v no_o more_o worship_n those_o material_a object_n than_o the_o papist_n do_v bread_n 69._o bread_n non_fw-la ego_fw-la illum_fw-la lapidem_fw-la colo_fw-la nec_fw-la illud_fw-la simulachrum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la aug._n in_o psal_n 69._o i_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o senseless_a stone_n or_o image_n which_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o ear_n and_o hear_v not_o say_v the_o heathen_a in_o st._n austin_n and_o in_o arnobius_n we_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o brass_n or_o the_o gold_n or_o silver_n or_o any_o of_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o our_o image_n be_v make_v gentes_fw-la make_v nos_fw-la neque_fw-la aera_fw-la neque_fw-la auri_fw-la argentique_fw-la materias_fw-la neque_fw-la alius_fw-la quibus_fw-la signa_fw-la conficiunt_fw-la eas_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la religiosa_fw-la decernimus_fw-la numina_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o his_o colimus_fw-la eosque_fw-la veneramur_fw-la quos_fw-la dedicatio_fw-la 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have_v in_o their_o mind_n will_v not_o or_o can_v not_o be_v the_o sun_n but_o the_o only_a true_a and_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n indeed_o they_o have_v as_o it_o appear_v from_o st._n austin_n ibid._n austin_n eum_n sc_fw-la christum_fw-la naâ—im_fw-la quandam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicitis_fw-la eum_fw-la triangulum_fw-la esse_fw-la perhibetis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la quandam_fw-la triangulam_fw-la caeli_fw-la fenestram_fw-la lucem_fw-la istam_fw-la mundo_fw-la terrisque_fw-la radiare_fw-la august_n contra_fw-la faustum_n manichaeum_fw-la l._n 30._o c._n 6._o nescio_fw-la quam_fw-la navim_fw-la per_fw-la foramem_fw-la triangulum_fw-la micantem_fw-la atque_fw-la lucentem_fw-la quam_fw-la confictam_fw-la cogitatis_fw-la adoretis_fw-la ibid._n some_o such_o absurd_a imagination_n they_o do_v think_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o material_a sun_n which_o appear_v to_o their_o sense_n but_o a_o certain_a navis_fw-la which_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o christ_n that_o do_v radiate_a 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