As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
KJV
Greek original
Περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς
Louis Segond 1910
Pour ce qui est donc de manger des viandes sacrifiées aux idoles, nous savons qu'il n'y a point d'idole dans le monde, et qu'il n'y a qu'un seul Dieu.
KJV
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ing cannot be the species of any genus. But idolatry, apparently, is nothing: for the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 8:4 ): "We know that an idol is nothing in the world," and further on ( 1 Cor. 10:19 ): "What then? Do I say that what is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Or that…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
ur unum sunt, una substantia significatur. Sic et cum dicit Apostolus: Scimus quia nihil est idolum (I Cor. VIII, 4) : Et, Quod nullus Deus nisi unus. Nam etsi sunt qui dicuntur dii multi, et domini multi, sive in coelo, sive in terra, nobis tamen unus Deus Pater, ex quo omnia et…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
crederet, quid aliud quam noctis tenebras laudavit? Hinc Paulus ait: «Scimus quia idolum nihil est (I Cor. VIII, 4) .» Sed quae immolant gentes daemoniis immolant. Sed ecce jam cernimus, quia nox illa non esse digna laude cognoscitur, cum a redempto humano genere, idolorum venera…
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