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Origins of idolatry. Wis.14.12-21

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12Initium enim fornicationis est exquisitio idolorum,
et adinventio illorum corruptio vitæ est:
 Origins of idolatry. Wis.14.12-21
13neque enim erant ab initio,
neque erunt in perpetuum.
  
14Supervacuitas enim hominum hæc advenit in orbem terrarum,
et ideo brevis illorum finis est inventus. 		 
15Acerbo enim luctu dolens pater,
cito sibi rapti filii fecit imaginem;
et illum qui tunc quasi homo mortuus fuerat,
nunc tamquam deum colere cœpit,
et constituit inter servos suos sacra et sacrificia.
  
16Deinde interveniente tempore, convalescente iniqua consuetudine,
hic error tamquam lex custoditus est,
et tyrannorum imperio colebantur figmenta.
  
17Et hos quos in palam homines honorare non poterant
propter hoc quod longe essent,
e longinquo figura eorum allata,
evidentem imaginem regis quem honorare volebant fecerunt,
ut illum qui aberat, tamquam præsentemcolerent sua		  
18Provexit autem ad horum culturam
et hos qui ignorabant artificis eximia diligentia.
  
19Ille enim, volens placere illi qui se assumpsit,
elaboravit arte sua ut similitudinem in melius figuraret.
  
20Multitudo autem hominum, abducta per speciem operis,
eum qui ante tempus tamquam homo honoratus fuerat,
nunc deum æstimaverunt.
  
21Et hæc fuit vitæ humanæ deceptio,
quoniam aut affectui aut regibus deservientes homines,
incommunicabile nomen lapidibus et lignis imposuerunt. 		 

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The only English translations from the Vulgate that are readily available are John Wycliffe's 14th century English Bible, and the the Douay Rheims/Challoner versions. I have used the Wycliffe Bible text from the Wesley Centre website, where you can view this Bible in a number of formats. I have used the Douay Rheims Text at the Unbound Bible website. You can view the Douay Rheims Bible in a more readable format at DRBO.ORG website.
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