AC 4825, 4827 - Idolatry

AC 4825

For idolatry consists not only in worshiping
idols, graven images, and other gods,
but also in worshiping external things without their internals.

AC 4827 [2]

. . . those who are in the love of self and of the world
are in internal idolatry,
for they worship themselves and the world,
and perform holy ceremonies
for the sake of self-adoration and gain,
that is, for self as an end --
not for the Lord's church and kingdom as an end,
thus not for the Lord.