Here is a potential way to attract evil spirits: the worship of false gods. Tertullian (197 A.D.) said in his Apology addressed to the Rulers of the Roman Empire: “Let a person be brought before your tribunals; who is plainly under demonic possession. The wicked spirit, bidden to speak by a follower of Christ, will as readily make the truthful confession that he is a demon, as elsewhere he has falsely asserted that he is a god” (Apology, Ch. 23).  Another early Christian writer wrote: “Everyone who has at any time worshiped idols and has adored those call gods, or has eaten of the things sacrificed to them, is not without an unclean spirit; for he has become a guest of demons, and has been partaker with that demon of which he has formed the image in his mind, either through fear or love” (Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 2.71).

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