idolatry
the worship of idols
“idolatry.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/idolatry
- placeMount Sinai
Mountain in the southern Sinai peninsula where Moses received the Ten Commandments and the Torah from God.
- figurePaul
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- figureHabakkuk
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- book1 Corinthians
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- bookGalatians
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- bookColossians
A short letter answering a strange syncretistic teaching at Colossae. Christ over every cosmic power, every an…