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Anthropomorphism

the attributing of a human form to God. When this is really done it is a gross degra- ANTI-CHRIST ANTIGONUS dation of the Divinity and is condemned casualties aggregated 12,469, and the in Scripture. But when the only anthropomorphism is the use of metaphorical phrases, such as the arm of the Lord (Ps. lxxvii: 15), or His eyes (Ps. xi: 4), of His ears (Ps. xxxiv: 15), to make abstract ideas more readily conceivable, the practice has the countenance of Scripture itself.

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