{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Happy, then, would have been the ancient Hebrews, had they cast\r\naway their women’s ornaments, or only melted them; but having cast\r\ntheir gold into the form of an ox, and paid it idolatrous worship,\r\nthey consequently reaped no advantage either from their art or their\r\nattempt. But they taught our women most expressively to keep clear\r\nof ornaments. The lust which commits fornication with gold becomes\r\nan idol, and is tested by fire; for which alone luxury is reserved,\r\nas being an idol, not a reality.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_619\" id=\"FNanchor_619\">[619]</a> Hence the Word, upbraiding the\r\nHebrews by the prophet, says, “They made to Baal things of silver and\r\ngold,” that is, ornaments. And most distinctly threatening, He says, “I\r\nwill punish her for the days of Baalim, in which they offered sacrifice\r\nfor her, and she put on her ear-rings and her necklaces.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_620\" id=\"FNanchor_620\">[620]</a> And He\r\nsubjoined the cause of the adornment, when He said, “And she went after\r\nher lovers, but forgot me, saith the Lord.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_621\" id=\"FNanchor_621\">[621]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER XIII. AGAINST EXCESSIVE FONDNESS FOR JEWELS AND GOLD ORNAMENTS."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_619","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-474"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"54dadcefc216fea3f5e0198e41761fd67da4e410614d72565a52c4b1b1762f69","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_619","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_619","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_619\" id=\"Footnote_619\">[619]</a> εἴδωλον, an appearance, an image.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_619","text_sha256":"bb9377aaf89f458c1a4dff57e6c48f4d1094eaea7a964f8584d14ba738f1a91a","verified":false,"work_id":null}