Bible Dictionary: Sun: Worship of, Forbidden

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Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
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Deuteronomy 17:3
And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
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For, Like Some Others, You are under the Delusion that Our God is ...
... place was permitted to the priests alone, while all vision was forbidden to others ...
Sun-day to rejoicing, from a far different reason than Sun-worship, we have ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xvi for like some.htm

All Association with Idols is to be Avoided.
... to shine upon them, but not for worship; although the ... a Christian, not to swear by
the sun, or by ... Judaic corruption, and on that account was forbidden; and if ...
/.../constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii all association with idols.htm

The Worship of the Church. The Religion of the Primitive ...
... met together, before the rising of the sun, to "sing ... to increase the pomp of public
worship; in some ... Now, the making of images was forbidden, and no picture ...
//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter i the worship of.htm

The Unity of God
... The Persians worshipped the sun; the Egyptians the lion and elephant; the
Grecians worshipped Jupiter. ... Angel-worship is forbidden. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/11 the unity of god.htm

The Balance of Powers in Nature Shews that it is not God, Either ...
... proper limits, and it in its turn is forbidden by autumn to ... to combine, the name
of gods, or to worship them with ... It is not then likely that the sun or the moon ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 29 the balance of.htm

Whether the Production of Light is Fittingly Assigned to the First ...
... creatures; for they would have paid them Divine worship, since they were prone to
worship as gods even the sun, moon, and stars, which was forbidden them (Dt.4 ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the production of light.htm

Letter Xlvii. (AD 398. )
... use was absolutely forbidden, or they were forbidden to carry ... us from using the light
of the sun, because wicked men continually worship that luminary ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xlvii a d 398.htm

In Regard to the Persians, we have Already Said that Though they ...
... regard to the Persians, we have already said that though they do not build temples,
yet they worship the sun and the other works of God. This is forbidden to us ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxv in regard to.htm

What Manner of Life and Death the Roman Kings Had.
... him commanded the Roman people to worship him as ... happened during an eclipse of the
sun." Here you ... was afterwards banished by the Romans, and forbidden the city ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 15 what manner of life.htm

The Lord's Day --The Worship of the Apostolic Church --Its ...
... But in the worship of the primitive Christians there was ... their Father in heaven who
"maketh his sun to rise ... members of the Church were not forbidden to speak ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter i the lords daythe.htm