OLD TESTAMENT

Wisdom 14:18

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But worship was raised to a yet higher pitch, even by those who didn’t know him, urged forward by the ambition of the architect;

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Verse 18. Ignorant. The arts of sculpture and painting may be prejudicial, ( Calmet.) and were therefore banished by Moses from his republic, (Philo) as the Jews were so prone to idolatry. Calmet. 15:4. The case is different with us. Bible.

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