Muhammad.com collection in 109 languages

  • Articles_of_he_Bishop_of_Uramiah, page : 88

wrought upon it, lest any one of these should be worshipped
in time to come by the ignorant people. Gold, iron silver, or
any other metal, could not answer all these qualities re-
quired in the simple stone. It will be understood, therefore,

that the purest, the most durable, eligible, and the safest ma-
terial for a religious and sacred monument could be none

other than the stone.

Footnote:

1. Wine was not forbidden to the people of Israel.

------------end of footnote

The molten bronze statue of the Jupiter worshipped by
the heathen Roman Pontifex Maximus, was taken away from