overt idolatry

religion
Also known as: gross idolatry

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characteristics of idolatry

  • Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
    In idolatry

    Gross, or overt, idolatry consists of explicit acts of reverence addressed to a person or an object—the sun, the king, an animal, a statue. This may exist alongside the acknowledgment of a supreme being; e.g., Israel worshiped the golden calf at the foot of Mount Sinai, where…

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