Wisdom 14:23
For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Aut enim filios suos sacrificantes, aut obscura sacrificia facientes, aut insaniæ plenas vigilias habentes,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἢ γὰρ τεκνοφόνους τελετὰς ἢ κρύφια μυστήρια ἢ ἐμμανεῖς ἐξάλλων θεσμῶν κώμους ἄγοντες,
Haydock's commentary
Children. This was done by the Chanaanites, Hebrews, &c., chap. xii. 23., and Isaias lvii. 5.
Hidden. The sacrifices of Ceres, Bacchus, &c., were performed in the dark, and horrible impurities were committed, Ephesians v. 12.
Madness. Before they be initiated in the mysteries of Ceres, or prostitute themselves in honour of the deities of impurity, (Josephus, Jewish Antiquities xviii. 4.) in the very temples. Quo non prostrat femina templo? (Juvenal ix.) (Calmet)
Many crimes proceed from idolatry. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.