Quod ergo mortuis litabatur, utique parentationi deputabatur; quae species proinde idololatria est, quoniam et idololatria parentationis est species : tam haec quam illa mortuis ministrat.
What was offered to appease the dead was counted as a funeral rite.b This type of thing is idolatry, for idolatry too is a type of funeral rite; the one and the other are alike service to the dead.
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