Doe Quote by Pope Francis

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Idolatry is worshiping something other than the true God in the true way.

— John Macarthur

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

— Saint Augustine

Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.

— Ron Carlson

“Idolatry' is the practice of seeking the source and provision of what we need either physically or emotionally in someone or something other than…

— Scott J. Hafemann

One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it…

— Simone Weil

“Idols aren't just stone statues. No, idols are the thoughts, desires, longings, and expectations that we worship in the place of the true God.…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

“Idolatry involves putting the things we love in the place of God or seeing God as a means of getting the things that we…

— Colin S. Smith

An idol is anything put in the place of God as the ultimate reality - the eternal, self-existent, uncaused cause of everything else.

— Nancy Pearcey

“‎A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind of a…

— Richard Keyes

The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer