Superstition
glossary_termThe attribution of a kind of magical power to certain practices or objects, like charms or omens. Reliance on such power, rather than on trust in God, constitutes an offense against the honor due to God alone, as required by the first commandment
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Passages ranked by relevance to Superstition, from most closely related outward.
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CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
The first commandment forbids honoring gods other than the one Lord who has revealed himself to his people. It proscribes Superstition and irreligion. Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion; irreligion is the vice contrary by defect to the Virtue of Religion.