Sentences with phrase «idolatrous practices»
"Idolatrous practices" refers to the act of worshiping or having excessive admiration for idols, which are usually representations of gods or objects believed to possess divine power. It means engaging in rituals or behaviors that show devotion to these idols, going against some religious beliefs that prohibit the worship of anything other than the true deity. Full definition
I don't know anyone who crafts golden statues like the Israelites did, but idolatrous practices are just as common today as they were thousands of years ago.
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More than an intellectual manifesto, the invitation pledges signers to specific spiritual practices: maintaining a vital prayer life, conducting works of mercy and engaging in a regular Friday fast «as a form of prayerful resistance to the idolatrous practices of our culture.»
When society forces you to do something or face rejection, it is then that we have possibly encountered an idolatrous practice.
As Matthew points out, in the vast majority of cases, the word «abomination» (typically the Hebrew, toevah, which is used in Leviticus 18 and 20) refers to what the Israelites associated with the idolatrous practices of the Gentiles, leading Old Testament scholar Phyllis Bird to conclude that «it is not an ethical term, but a term for boundary making,» with «a basic sense of taboo.»
E. g., the problem in 1 Corinthians 8 and 10 is the conflict between those whose conscience allowed them to eat meat sold in the marketplace (which might have previously been dedicated to idols), and those conscience, being undeveloped, felt that such meat was «contaminated» by the idolatrous practices.