Augustine of Hippo, on Luke 15:25

“Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:”

“(ubi sup.) The harlots are the superstitions of the Gentiles, with whom he wastes his substance, who having left the true marriage of the true God, goes a whoring: after evil spirits from foul desire.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.