This promise, however, he made not only to them but also to us, who thanks to them have come to believe in his name. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Human life finds its unity in the adoration of the one God. The commandment to worship the Lord alone integrates man and saves him from an endless disintegration.
Idolatry is a perversion of man's innate religious sense.
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