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Clement of Rome Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles… (1885)

Even your very rejoicings therefore ought to be done with fear and trembling: for a Christian who is faithful ought neither to repeat an heathen hymn nor an obscene song, because he will be obliged by that hymn to make mention of the idolatrous names of demons; and instead of the Holy Spirit, the wicked one will enter into him.
An Admonition Instructing Men to Avoid the Abominable Sin of Idolatry.
XI. You are also forbidden to swear by them, or to utter their abominable names through your mouth, and to worship them, or fear them as gods
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