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Chapter I. On Superstition

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Superstition is vicious religious worship. Now this vicious worship can regard both God and a creature. "For divine worship can be shown either to him to whom it ought to be shown, namely the true God, yet in an undue manner; and this is the first species of superstition: or to one to whom it ought not to be shown, namely to any creature whatever; and this is another genus of superstition, which is divided into many species" (St. Thomas, II-II, q. 92, a. 2; St. Alphonsus, III, 2).

Superstition, Idolatry, and Divination

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