XI. An Admonition Instructing Men to Avoid the Abominable Sin of Idolatry.
You are also forbidden to swear by them, or to utter their abominable names through your mouth, and to worship them, or fear them as gods; for they are not gods, but either wicked demons or the ridiculous contrivances of men. For somewhere God says concerning the Israelites: "They have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods."1 And afterwards: "I will take away the names of your idols out of their mouth."2 And elsewhere: "They have provoked me to jealousy with them that are no gods; they have provoked me to anger with their idols."3 And in all the Scriptures these things are forbidden by the Lord God.
