Sit at meat in the idol's temple— Entertainments among the heathens commonlyconsistedofwhathadbeensacrificedtotheirfictitiousdeities;fromwhich, however, the truly pious among Christians religiously abstained, even when most rigorously imposed; and no doubt the Apostle's decision here had great weight with them. These feasts were often celebrated in their temples. See Elsner, Chemnitz, and Faber.

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