ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 8 v10

GIVE NOTHING TO AN IDOL. TERTULLIAN: Give nothing and take nothing from an idol! If it be against the faith to recline at table in the temple of an idol, what would you call it if one wore the garb of an idol? THE CHAPLET 10.

AT TABLE IN AN IDOL’S TEMPLE. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is afraid that the weaker brother may be tempted to eat meat sacrificed to idols, not because he also possesses the knowledge that there is no such thing as an idol but because he might think that there is some spiritual power in such food, which he will acquire if he eats it. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

ILL-TIMED BEHAVIOR. CHRYSOSTOM: It is not only his weakness but also your ill-timed behavior which plots against him and makes him weaker. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 20.10.

HARMFUL ASSOCIATIONS. CHRYSOSTOM: Let us expand this thought so as to say: “If someone sees you who have knowledge of piety passing the whole day in those senseless and harmful associations, will not the conscience of the weak man be emboldened to pursue such actions more earnestly?” That blessed apostle said this to keep in check those who were heedless, even after having knowledge of piety, who were exposing themselves to places of idolatry and causing scandal to the rest. BAPTISMAL INSTRUCTIONS 6.16.

SLAVES OF FOOD. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: There are two sorts of food, one ministering to salvation, and the other which is fitting to those who perish. … We ought not to misuse the gifts of the Father, then, acting the part of spendthrifts like the rich son in the Gospel. Let us, rather, make use of them with detachment, keeping them under control. Surely we have been commanded to be the master and lord, not the slave, of food. CHRIST THE EDUCATOR 2.9.

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