| 单词 | heathenism |
| 例句 | It was a place of heathenism and superstitious rites,—to be inhabited by men nearer of kin to the rocks and to wild animals than we. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Holding her torch to proclaim that mankind receives true light, not from Christ and Christianity, but from heathenism and its gods.” Perspective | Maybe it’s time to admit that the Statue of Liberty has never quite measured up 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In some ways, Gin Lum notes, the idea of heathenism is a large part of the origin story of the American concept of race. America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z “In short, it is honoring the pillars of heathenism, our ancestors and ancient gods and way of life.” Nevada Guard soldier receives OK to sport Norse pagan beard 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z This is heathenism, pagan tribalism, pure and simple. Review | A conservative Catholic’s case against Pope Francis 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Strand, especially takes Arthur’s endless fibbing to the nth degree, and his pudgy figure adds an extra dimension of tragicomedy to Arthur’s downward spiral into hedonistic heathenism. ‘Book of Mormon’ more shock than awe 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z And this heaven, which originated in heathenism, Jesus promised as the reward of his faithful followers; and with this very hell he threatened the disobedient. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z How does the concept of heathenism play into Christian nationalism? America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The churches were still shut, and bore upon their porches such inscriptions as savored more of heathenism than of Christianity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Hosea stigmatizes the whole cultus as pure heathenism—Canaanite baal-worship adopted by apostate Israel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z I told him of having seen the public part of Black Tamanuse and they both laughed at the heathenism of long ago and said, “We don’t have that now.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z De la Haye reproached me with the heathenism of my ideas, told me that I must abandon such impious reasonings.... and I gave way! The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings 2012-03-31T02:00:21.423Z They're actually worried that Christians are going to be converted to heathenism faster than supposed heathens can convert to Christianity. America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The principle of heathenism is "the antagonist of Christianity: one is from man, and for man; the other from God, and for God." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z So also with the denationalized Judaism of the Dispersion, a more insidious danger for early converts from heathenism than the stricter, legalistic type. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z He seemed like the minister of some dark rite of heathenism, preparing to offer up a victim to the Moloch of his superstition. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The sacrificing of brute beasts was heathenism pure and simple, to conciliate an imaginary anthropomorphic god. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Can you talk about the history of how heathenism has been tied to race? America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Constantinople had apparently already not only become a channel for the conveyance of oriental paganism in astro-symbolic images, but was also evidently nearer to the lower idolatry of heathenism than the Church of the West. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z By nature, in the past at least, the colored children were more ferocious and aggressive; too much so, which is because they have not been out of heathenism many years. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Bearing his inspired Scriptures and his Messianic hope, the wandering Israelite confronted the vast masses of heathenism and the splendid and fascinating classical civilization with the proudest sense of his superiority. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z In one corner there is a most beautiful draped figure of the Delphic Sybil—and I think this bit of heathenism is almost the only very decent part of the Pope's most consecrated chapel. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Before getting to the more modern, polite versions, is it fair to say that the concept of heathenism has basically been used as justification for empire or subjugation? America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Elements of heathenism which, after the lapse of centuries, still clung to the Church’s robes, became an interwoven part of her dearest symbolism. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The wicked old times you mean, my father; the times when we were poor, and scorned, and oppressed; the times when heathenism and vain philosophy ruled everywhere in the world. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z At Ephesus the spirit of heathenism had shown itself peculiarly menacing. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z In a later century Julian, perhaps following Maximin Daza, whom he copied in trying to organize heathenism into a new catholic church, urged benevolence on his fellow-pagans, if they wished to compete with the Christians. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z I explain that as a way to identify heathenism in the world and to call out things that appear to be "heathen" at the heart of America itself. America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z This conception has, indeed, formal points of contact with notions previously current, and even with the ideas of Semitic heathenism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Hermann resolved to storm this fortress, and therewith to destroy the bulwark of heathenism on this side the Elbe. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Accordingly, we take the participle ἀποθέμενοι to signify not what the readers are to do, but what they had done in renouncing heathenism. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Osiris and Isis make way for Christ and the Blessed Virgin, the Coptic alphabet replaces the demotic script of heathenism, and the bodies of the dead cease to be embalmed. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Bel and the Dragon.—We have here two independent narratives, in both of which Daniel appears as the destroyer of heathenism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z But the heathenism of the portion of the family living at or near Haran is clearly proved by the matter of the teraphim, which Rachel stole from her father Laban. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z And in truth these laws do show the dominance of Christianity, for precisely these things named were the peculiar marks of heathenism. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z On the one hand, it was assailed by the material seductions of heathenism and the terrors of ruthless persecution. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z This voice from the deep was but one of the oracles which have been so reverenced by the primitive heathenisms of many nations. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z If the former, then revelation and heathenism are synonymous terms. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z These four things date from the beginning of the race; they precede heathenism, and they last through it. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z As a good general, Landolf moreover understood how everywhere to seize the right points where with the most effect heathenism might be grappled with and overthrown. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z What is it that has bridged the distance, that has transported these Gentiles from the wilderness of heathenism into the midst of the city of God? The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Christianity certainly requires to be purged of its heathenisms. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The foregoing historical facts furnish still further proof that Christianity is the offspring of heathenism. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z From all the above it results that the denial of the supernatural end in man, individual or collective, constitutes that which is the complete heathenism. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z In the days of heathenism the Meri-meri was used occasionally as a weapon of defence, as also to scalp prisoners. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z This pleasing-looking, symmetrically formed girl had been brought up in the house of a Spaniard, apparently with the pious object of rescuing her soul from heathenism. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z For many years after the people had abandoned heathenism the native mission teachers used to keep a sharp look-out for footprints leading in the direction of the Nanga. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z But this plea is of itself a borrowed subterfuge of heathenism, and is moreover devoid of evidence. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z But on the other side, the combative heathenism from Tiberius to Maxentius was pre-eminently corrupt. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The miserable hut will give way to commodious habitations, and the disgusting rites of heathenism to the worship of the true God. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Julian then began to love idolatry, and renounced his christianity, and with all his mind cultivated heathenism, and compelled his people to the same. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Christianity, as introduced by the missionary friars, was wonderfully successful, and yet there were relapses into heathenism. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z So great was the change which had come over Christianity, that if an apostle had risen from the dead he would not have recognised it, and would have thought that heathenism had revived again. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The most accomplished defence during all this period of the Church against the attacks of heathenism is, by common consent, allotted to the work of Origen in reply to Celsus. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Both appealed to antiquity, and both traced to what we may designate paganism, heathenism, or foreign sources generally, a large portion of the current faith which they saw around them. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Bartholomew answered, "I have not corrupted him, but I have turned him from heathenism to the true God." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z As regards things spiritual, it was virgin soil—worse, it was a veritable swamp of heathenism, a quagmire overlaid with the strangling growths and festering remains of ages of superstition, cruelty, and thick darkness. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The other may have been trained in the midst of gross heathenism, and accustomed to habits, ways, and manners as unlike the Englishman's as darkness compared to light. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z It is so deep seated and ingrained as a part of religion, that it is among the very last of the shadows of heathenism to disappear after individuals or tribes are apparently civilized and enlightened. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Such instances of partiality on the part of enlightened Christians towards heathenism, we do not see in the present day. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Then at the same time the Neapolitans, who yet continued in heathenism, declared war against the inhabitants of the city of Sepontina, who worshiped the holy place, and against those of Benevento. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z They repudiated heathenism, and regarded Trinitarianism as an aberration. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Whatever might be the individual faith of the sovereign, yet, as the head of the State, he was still the chief representative of heathenism, both in life and in death. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z They all yielded to this,—the strong, the intelligent, the diligent, submitting to their family, though they knew that their hard-earned pay was going to support weakness, heathenism, and thriftlessness. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Voltaire, Gibbon, Hume &c. have been often charged with a strong partiality for the Grecian and Roman idolatries; and many Europeans in India are suspected of having made large strides towards heathenism. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The astrologers, who were continuing in heathenism, betokened all heathen people who should be turned to God through the teaching of the apostles, who were of the Jewish nation. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z It is a curious process by which the monster that symbolized heathenism conquered by Christianity has been evolved out of the first great rival of the God of Israel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z When, indeed, we see this juxtaposition of Christianity and Paganism, we are forcibly reminded that Constantine was one and at the same time the summoner of the Nicene Council and the chief Pontiff of heathenism. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The idol has been the material object most denounced by missionaries in their sermons against heathenism. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z She also aspired to join the sisterhood, but was as yet too recently converted from heathenism to be admitted. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Multitudes fell back into heathenism, and in the first ten years of the British dominion 900 new idol temples were erected. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z “It would not please him, sister, to have aught rendered that savored of heathenism,” said Edward. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Most persons, I imagine, would answer without misgiving that Christianity had been established on the ruins of heathenism. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The object of the meeting was to alarm and drive back to a more constant performance of fetich observances some of the villages on which heathenism was beginning to lose its hold. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Druidism retired, step by step, before this more classic heathenism, but found a temporary refuge in the German forests and in Armorica. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z In another work he makes the representatives of heathenism in the age of Constantine act like Homeric heroes, and those of Christianity speak “like theologians of the age of Bossuet.” Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z What would the priest say to thy heathenism?” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z On the whole, therefore, there is less of heathenism in the public memorials and the official acts of this reign than in the preceding. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z It establishes a bond of affection between the parent and child much stronger than could be expected among a people wholly given up to heathenism. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z It is well known that in many regions the early Christians avoided all interference with such Pagan customs when they found them preferring to substitute their own sacred characters for those of heathenism. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The ingratitude and perverseness of His countrymen have now driven Jesus into retirement “on the borders” of heathenism. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z I countenance not Denewulf when he speaks of her foretellings, for it is not wisdom to humor a man in aught that savors of heathenism. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z So, again, the Apostle tells the Ephesians, now converted from heathenism to the knowledge of Christ—"Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints." Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z It may be, therefore, that the missionary in his contest with heathenism has literally to fight with the devil, with principalities and powers in high places, and needs weapons more subtle than Martin Luther’s inkstand. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Francis Adams says his heathenism is intense, and that everyone in the bush is at heart a pessimist. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z In the presence of heathenism, of dissolute cities, and of semi-pagan peasantries, she is ever looking wistfully to some costly far-off supply. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z “Nay, daughter; it savors too much of heathenism,” said one much scandalized. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z All the idolatries of antiquity claimed to be supernatural, and the same is true of all the forms of modern heathenism. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z The desert land of heathenism has been explored, and the result is a discovery of fertile plains instead of barrenness. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Throw down the phantom thou callest the Church, and a saving faith, with the same strength with which thou hast rejected the senseless fables of heathenism! King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Thus he awaits direction upon the road where heathenism and semi-heathen Christianity are still toiling, and all who would purchase the gift of God with money or toil or merit or bitterness of remorseful tears. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The ruling chiefs were completely under the influence of the Druids, and heathenism and idolatry were supreme throughout the land. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z Sigurd was the acknowledged leader of these, and they, by their dense ignorance and superstitions, fittingly represented the dark heathenism, and plunder, and bloodshed, characteristics of their Norse ancestors. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The woman of Samaria represents the ignorant, superstitious, yet stubborn idolatry reckoned by the Jews as no better than heathenism; her "five husbands" are the five sects into which Judaism was divided. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Here and there was also some piece strongly reminding one of Roman heathenism, such as the marriage of Mercury with Philology. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z There is an absurdity which the doctrine of transubstantiation is accountable for, which cannot be paralleled among all the religions of heathenism. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z It was a fine thought in the old Romans to adapt the temples of heathenism to the uses of Christianity. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The slaves were to be brought from heathenism to Christianity, and through slavery the benighted Indian and African were to find their passport into the kingdom of God. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Many of them show a strange mingling of heathenism and Christianity. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z It was this stern and earnest theory which attracted all serious minds in the decay of heathenism. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Soon the strife between Christianity and heathenism arose. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The great kingdom of Northumbria, though its first Christian monarch Edwin was converted by Paulinus, a disciple of Augustine, relapsed into heathenism after his death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The very first day it came out that she was still in the midst of heathenism. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z Quite patent is the barbarity of these people and the complete dominion of the prince of darkness in the field of the Bagobo heathenism. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Even classical heathenism affords instances of this usage. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z There was a certain amount of ancestral heathenism aroused in every man, spurring a horse to greater swiftness, in that chase for large game. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z This is an unchristian idea; unhappily it is too common even with us; yet, with some other degrading ideas, it is a relic of heathenism. Address to the First Graduating Class of Rutgers Female College 2011-01-01T03:00:22.597Z In the mountains skirting off from the farmlands here there is a settlement that is a little kingdom of heathenism such as one might find in a country where no churches exist. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z But a couple of years later an independent missionary, Birinus, was consecrated in Italy, and was sent by the people to make fresh attempts to break down the barriers of heathenism in England. Cathedral Cities of England Whatever may be the truth on this point, the two worships, in the last ages of heathenism in the West, were close allies. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The story is true!" said Cortes with a frown, "and that pestilent young cub of heathenism has fled to give the traitor warning. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Its merits are its recognition of the helplessness of the old heathenism to satisfy human aspiration after the divine, and the impressive simplicity with which it presents the unfailing argument of the lives of Christians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" We cannot so relapse into worse than a second heathenism, and with the unity of Pentecost offered us, deliberately choose the confusion of Babel. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries Liberia is before us with its feeble and precarious existence, with its little torch of civilization nearly extinguished by the foul atmosphere of surrounding heathenism. The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South Oenomaus rejected, with the frankest scorn, the anthropomorphic fables of heathenism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius She was only a woman; and in those days when heathenism prevailed, women were not honoured as they are now. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril If I admire the splendor of heathenism, must I not also admire the fascinating, still depth of Christian childhood? The Progressionists, and Angela. Thus when a chief named Malietoa renounced heathenism, he caused an eel to be publicly caught, cooked, and eaten by many persons who had hitherto regarded the eel as their god. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Instead of the sensual conceptions of heathenism, polluting the soul, it supplied images of purity, tenderness, and pathos, which fascinated the imagination and hallowed the heart. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Can’t we see the hand of God here, raising the woman to her rightful position of honor out of the degradation into which she had been dragged by heathenism? Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments More hopeless than the Pariahs are the Brahmins of our heathenism,—those miserable men whose corrupt lives are glossed over with a varnish of respectability. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 No. True greatness and real splendor I do not find in heathenism. The Progressionists, and Angela. Africa was then an unknown country, vast and mysterious, and haunted by all the horrors of slavery and heathenism. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith His austere language will compare with St. Paul’s description of heathenism as a bondage to weak and beggarly elements. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Though Bernicia, the northern part of Northumbria, was little affected by the gospel, and after Edwin’s death heathenism became dominant in his kingdom, Christianity did not die out in Northumbria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" In the vast amount of ancient witchcraft still surviving in Italy there is not much anti-Christianity, but a great deal of early heathenism. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Where is the splendor and greatness of heathenism? The Progressionists, and Angela. One district lying between two rivers behind Creek Town, called Okoyong, was specially noted for its lawless heathenism. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Three thousand of them allowed themselves to be baptized with their king, an event of the greatest importance in the world's history, for thereby the advance of Arianism was checked and heathenism was cast down. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Farming must be profitable enough to maintain a self-respecting rural folk; or the open country would be speedily abandoned to a race of peasants and rural heathenism would be imminent. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity The witches and sorcerers of early times were a widely spread class who had retained the beliefs and traditions of heathenism with all its license and romance and charm of the forbidden. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series But as Rome and her dogmas have overthrown heathenism, so will the irresistible progress of science overthrow Christianity. The Progressionists, and Angela. She was taken to the homes and yards of the natives in the town and out into the bush, and saw a savage heathenism that astonished and shocked her. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Judaism is most sharply contrasted with heathenism at this point. Jewish Theology Feuds, grudges, gross immoralities have followed and the people have relapsed into practical heathenism. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity She was a native of the Romagna Toscana, where there still lurks in the recesses of the mountains much antique Etrusco-Roman heathenism, though it is disappearing very rapidly. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The marble columns proudly supported gilded arches; but when beneath those arches a human victim bled under the knife of the priests, this was in harmony with the genius of heathenism. The Progressionists, and Angela. For all that green country was the home of heathenism. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Even the highest type of heathenism, the Persian, divided the world into mutually hostile principles, light and darkness, good and evil. Jewish Theology Thence the multiplication of sects, the spread of pauperism, the growth of civilized heathenism in the state. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 If this constitutes heathenism, then are there thousands, millions, of heathen in our beloved land. Discussion on American Slavery "Oh! we know this fruit of the new heathenism," cried the doctor. The Progressionists, and Angela. Heaven will never smile upon our enterprise if we countenance the atrocities of heathenism. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The fact is that heathenism seeks the God whom Israel by its revelation has found. Jewish Theology One of these was Tertullian, of Carthage, in Africa, a very clever and learned man, who had been converted from heathenism, and had written some books in defence of the Gospel. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation There is one topic to which I will allude, which will serve to establish the heathenism of this population. Discussion on American Slavery Apotheosis is a fruit of heathen growth; of old heathenism and of new heathenism. The Progressionists, and Angela. He declared that he would never consent to any such abominable practices of heathenism. Hernando Cortez Makers of History They regarded heathenism either as evidence of spiritual want and weakness, or as the result of destiny. Jewish Theology He was a very old man; for it was almost ninety years since he had been converted from heathenism. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation By this means God certainly directed everything for her best, turned her away from the errors of heathenism, and converted her to Christianity. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. This is a heretic church, more harmful than any abominations of heathenism. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 It has been a current opinion for centuries that places of burial are haunted with spectres and apparitions—a notion, indeed, that prevailed as far back as the times of heathenism. Folk-lore of Shakespeare With this declaration of war against heathenism, the prophet drew the line, once for all, between the uncreated, transcendent God and the created, perishable universe. Jewish Theology The priests and others, whose interest it was to keep up the old heathenism, began to be afraid lest the empresses should make Christians of their husbands; and they sought how this might be prevented. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation The danger of shattering the solid front of the Christian church against surrounding heathenism was keenly felt by Paul, as nearly every one of his epistles testifies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It was hard for them to escape from the vices of heathenism. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Baptism, or the application of water, was a rite well known to the Jews before the time of Christ Jesus, and was practiced by them when they admitted proselytes to their religion from heathenism. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Henceforth Ger and Ger Toshab became juridical terms, the social and legal designation of those proselytes who had abjured heathenism and joined the monotheistic ranks of Judaism as “worshipers of God.” Jewish Theology He was often in great danger, both from the priests of the old Irish heathenism, and from the barbarous princes who were under their influences. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation Besides these troubles from heathenism there were questions of asceticism; the Greek reaction against naturalism held that nature was vile and marriage wrong. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Written to strengthen those who had left heathenism, contrasting their present higher life with the former degradation. Training the Teacher They would have preferred heathenism itself to this kind of Universalism. Studies in Contemporary Biography To be sure, a statement of this nature presents a different judgment of heathenism from that of the ancient national law. Jewish Theology The Nubians were converted from heathenism by Monophysite missionaries; and in Armenia the church exchanged the Catholic doctrine for the Monophysite in the sixth century. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation The first need of the church for help from Paul seems to have grown out of the dangers from surrounding heathenism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The very decided statements of Orosius and Augustine as to his heathenism may be explained by the pagan style of Claudian’s political poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" There still remained one important object of the Spanish invasion, an object which Cort�s as a good Catholic dared not overlook—the conversion of the Aztec nation from heathenism. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West In fact, heathenism had become synonymous with both image-worship and belief in many gods beside the Only One of Israel, and accordingly had lost all hold upon the Jewish people. Jewish Theology In his hatred of Christianity, Julian not only tried to restore heathenism, but showed favour to the Jews. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation The struggles and difficulties of these early Christians in coming out of heathenism are depicted in a masterly way. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive We know nothing of his conversion except that he passed from heathenism to Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Such a union of heathenism and Christianity was too unnatural to continue. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Still Judaism persists in considering such an infringement upon the belief in Israel's one and only God as really a compromise with heathenism. Jewish Theology The good Monica had been much troubled by her husband's heathenism and misconduct, and had earnestly tried to convert him from his errors. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation Many of the converts had come out of heathenism and needed doctrinal and ethical instruction in the way of Christ. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive He believed that Christ instructed men before he came into the world, and he therefore viewed heathenism with kindly eye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" It was their destiny to impress on the practical life of Europe that mixture of Christianity and heathenism engendered by political events in Italy and Greece. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition This lofty conception of the Deity forms the essence of Judaism and was its shield and buckler in its lifelong contest with the varying forms of heathenism. Jewish Theology Julian now came into possession of the empire without further dispute; and he did all that he could to set heathenism up again. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation It had a double task to win men out of Judaism and heathenism. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive In it are comprised many popular fictions, on the obscurer parts of which a quite insufficient light is thrown by researches among the manners and mythologies of old European heathenism. Indian Fairy Tales Search the records of heathenism, and sentiments more hostile to the spirit of the gospel, or of a more black and blasphemous complexion than these, cannot be found. Thoughts on African Colonization He admits that this logical result of his argument excludes the Bible from the public school, just as it excludes the Westminster Catechism, the Koran, or any of the sacred books of heathenism. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The Minerva of Phidias or Praxiteles was no safer from the iconoclastic frenzy of the new convert from heathenism than the rude idol of a less cultivated age. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 To see that heathenism is false,—to see that Christianity is true,—are two acts, and involve two processes. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century We understand that quite as well, if not better, than heathenism does. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent We have seen how heathenism, with its unreasonable and wild vagaries, gave way to the early Christian Church. A Danish Parsonage That rationalistic notion of prophetism removes the boundaries which, according to the express statements of our Prophet, separate the Kingdom of God from heathenism. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 The heathenism of a considerable portion of a population nominally christian, manifestly tends to thin the congregations even of existing churches. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants We have studied the history of unbelief down to the fall of heathenism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion When people think it is no matter what they eat, and that no pains need be taken in the preparation, they have made a big lapse toward heathenism. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart They are peopled by an innumerable race, who defend themselves from the Spanish arms almost within sight of Manila, because of the roughness of the ground, and maintain along with their heathenism, their barbarous customs. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Modern Christianity has been called a civilised heathenism; with no less justice it might be called an organised hypocrisy. Arrows of Freethought But the want of church extension, and the dearth of ministers, tends to produce and increase this heathenism, and therefore it indirectly tends to diminish the numbers of the present attendants upon divine service. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants With the death of Julian the hopes of heathenism departed; and two eloquent orations of Gregory Nazianzen243 still convey to us the Christian words of triumph. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It could not die, for in spite of rabbinical extravagances it possessed more ethical truth than heathenism, and was more sincere in its protest against superstition. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity By preaching the glory of God and announcing the works of His power, so few men founded the greatness of that holy province among the illuminations of blind heathenism. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. The mysteries of Christianity, and the fables and allegories of heathenism, the latter, as well in its most refined as its most barbarous forms, occur in endless variety in almost every part of the edifice. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy There were no heathenisms of the cities, no tenpins, no travelling circus, no progressive young men of heretical tendencies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Accordingly he devoted his short reign to restore the ancient heathenism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Africans, Indians, Hindoos are to-day, even in their heathenism, feeling the effects of waves of movement which throb from this centre. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Having some affinity to Esther as regards heathenism and Greek life, the book was put next to the latter. The Canon of the Bible This society was composed of noble-minded men whose pitying attention was fastened upon the bondage, afflictions and heathenism of their black brothers, in this so called free land. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 In early Christianity the belief in the devil was closely connected with the Christian opposition to the idolatrous and wicked social order of heathenism. The Social Principles of Jesus “With the idea of a progressive reformation, in the manner in which it is at present understood, Lutheranism will be reformed back into heathenism.” History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In other countries the ritual and the intellectual elements of religion are blended in varying proportions; and the former heathenism of each land is also to be traced in many a popular observance and belief. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Side by side are Catholicism, Mohammedanism and heathenism. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The clergy of the village had been aroused by this and other directions in the will, which they considered smacked of heathenism, and objected to the carrying out of the will. The Story of Don Quixote But here the result of heathenism seems to be to destroy men's consciences. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India But four years later the news reached them that since their departure from Lac-qui-parle there had been a sad falling back into heathenism among the converts, and they hurried back to their old station. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines Islam is an admirable corrective of heathenism; it brings the scattered and bewildered worshippers of idols together in one lofty faith and one simple rule. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems They compromised not with heathenism, compromised not with Judaism, which in every way was their father. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 O, it is so dreadful–so like heathenism–to live without the ordinances of the gospel! The Cabin on the Prairie For here it has to face and overcome the combined resistances of the Caste system, entrenched heathenism, and deeply subtle philosophies. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India When one man was asked what was the secret of the marvelous success of the early church in its fight against heathenism, he replied with just one word, “Zeal.” Heart Talks This "block of heathenism" Mahomet made part of his religion. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems And their independent religion, existing amidst the heathenism of the surrounding pagan nations, was the only religion calculated, by virtue of its "one God" to worship, to unite the human family in one great brotherhood. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 9. September, 1880 There is nothing that hurts a gentleman’s feelings in Japan more than to hear one say, “They have such a beautiful country and when they are converted from heathenism it will be ideal.” An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Of the idleness, ignorance, heathenism, and general misery prevailing among these strange people he gives some curious instances. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Among the victorious Germans the Northern heathenism existed in full strength. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) A few centuries later at least we find Christian bishops busy destroying temples of German heathenism and burning images found in them. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Astrology is inevitably linked with heathenism, and both shut up spirit and mind against the knowledge of God Himself, which is religion; and against the knowledge of His works, which is science. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture For several years Livingstone labored as a missionary in the Bechuana country, at Mabotse, Chonuana, and Kolobeng, places that were chosen by him just because they were in the heart of heathenism. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In these two cases the difference between civilisation and Christianity and heathenism comes out to a marked degree. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Detailed expositions of it occur in numerous writings, from the passages in the Old Testament where heathenism is attacked, to the defences of Christianity by the latest Fathers of the Church. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity “To assert that Christ died for every man, or, what is the very same thing, that all men may be saved if they will, is mere heathenism.” A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism And it may well be that he chooses Moloch and Saturn as representing the cruellest and most debased forms of heathenism. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Essex, Saxon settlement in, 28; is dependent on Kent, and accepts Christianity, 40; relapses into heathenism, 41; comparative weakness of, ib. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Such a man was not to be forced back into heathenism. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Primitive heathenism as a living reality had lain rather beyond the horizon of the Middle Ages; when it was met with in America, it evidently awakened considerable interest. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Whether it be heathenism or not, I am certain that absolute predestination is. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism In comparative philology we have cases where it is presumed by the best of critics that a higher state of civilization sank to the lowest conceivable state of heathenism. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 The English were heathen, but their heathenism was not intolerant. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Colonization proposed a double purpose, the final extinction of slavery, and a meanwhile redemption of Africa from the midnight gloom and horror of heathenism. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II She thought a few moments; a new idea seemed to have entered that mind just coming out from the darkness of heathenism into the light of Christianity. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California English Church, with its millions of money; the American, with its millions of men—both wont to bay the moon of foreign heathenism? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I This people's religion is a strange mixture of heathenism and Greek church Christianity. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Peering down an avenue of pine-trees to the lake beyond, that fire looked very grand—a splendid relic of ancient heathenism. Through Finland in Carts It will be eminently fitted for parochial distribution and, by God's blessing, may do its part towards removing English heathenism. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. The months I have spent in these heathen lands have made deep impression upon me, and the problem of heathenism has loomed up before me as never before. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions In India the hardening influence of the all-surrounding heathenism is as subtle as it is potent in its influence upon the life of any Christian worker and needs to be overcome by constant spiritual culture. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ About these portentous Mongols, who had thus in a twinkling overwhelmed China and Russia, and destroyed the Caliphate of Bagdad, there was a refreshing touch of open-minded heathenism. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest "One might believe that the country was going back to heathenism," he observed. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Now the Negro slave turned quickly in America from heathenism to Christianity. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Every reform within the bounds of heathenism has been due to him. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions As a result of this many of these boys and girls, when they grew up into manhood and womanhood, reverted to heathenism; and many flourishing Christian congregations of the last generation became defunct. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ A great many had renounced heathenism; not a small number were earnest Christians and shewed the truth of their religion in their changed lives. The Old Helmet, Volume II One word about the regular worship of heathenism; what maybe called their stated services. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages The rites of heathenism were no longer the religion of the state, and its ministers were displaced from the exalted position they had so long occupied. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Without such a faith in the omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent Christ, we are weak as water in the conflict with heathenism. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Indeed christian scholars particularly mark a passage in one of his tragedies in which he palpably predicts, the downfall of Jupiter’s authority, as if he had foreseen the dispersion of heathenism. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 I was to preach to a community that were for the first time publicly renouncing heathenism. The Old Helmet, Volume II All heathenism and idolatry are one grand complex humbug to begin with. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages The Judge's house is next to mine and the way I look demure when I pass, is a heathenism hypocrisy. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee Modern heathenism is the result of an abnormal and downward evolution. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Every trace of heathenism was eagerly destroyed in the streets, and the very children fiercely trampled under foot the fragments of idol or altar. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History He did not then renounce heathenism, you understand. The Old Helmet, Volume II This bit of heathen humbug now in operation, from so many distant portions of the earth, shows how radically similar is all heathenism. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages For in addition to a large city and a large church, the converts had been but lately gathered from heathenism—were but babes in Christ—and needed constant instruction and unwearied care. Thoughts on Missions Modern heathenism, still surviving in this age of enlightenment, shows how sin can blind the intellect and harden the heart. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Between modern materialism and the cultivated heathenism of the ancient Greeks the difference is not worth the naming. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Under the rule of the established church, the people of England had lapsed into a state of religious declension hardly to be distinguished from heathenism. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Like a pillar of fire, he traversed the deserts of heathenism; like a second Elijah, he battled against the priests and prophets of Baal, and conjured down the fire from heaven to his assistance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 At one of the South Sea Islands, which had been converted from heathenism by the labors of the English Missionaries, they were holding the annual meeting of their Missionary Society. Anecdotes for Boys The result has only shown the impotence of a man-made gospel to combat heathenism, or even to save the souls of those who preach that sort of gospel. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The following canons show the influx of heathenism into the Church, resulting from the changed status of the Church. A Source Book for Ancient Church History When the Saxons invaded Britain, heathenism gained control. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan His epistles, one and all, are polemics, not against heathenism or against Judaism, but against his colleagues in Jerusalem, whom, together with their doctrines, he treats in a most reckless manner. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Outwardly, not a vestige of heathenism remained among them. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Paul's philosophy of heathenism is far more correct than that of many a modern writer on comparative religion. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions At the same time Justinian strictly repressed the lingering heathenism and, in the interest of the schools at Constantinople, closed the schools at Athens, the last stronghold of paganism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Almost imperceptibly the customs of heathenism found their way into the Christian church. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It is possible to put a charitable interpretation on many doctrines of ancient heathenism, and the practical missionary is constantly obliged to do so. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion The Apostle has been describing in very severe terms the godlessness and corruption of heathenism. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John This leads me to speak of the great missionary work that is now honeycombing and undermining the foundations of heathenism in this pagoda-land. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions But, on the other hand, no little heathenism was brought into the Church by those who came into it without any adequate preparation or real change of religious feeling. A Source Book for Ancient Church History To afford converts from heathenism a substitute for the worship of idols, and thus to promote their nominal acceptance of Christianity, the adoration of images and relics was gradually introduced into the Christian worship. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Onesimus had left the "slave" in his heathenism; in Christ he became the "brother" of Philemon and Paul. Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? Those who knew heathenism from the inside knew that they were sober truth. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John It is equally true of Burma, and little children carry back into idolatrous homes their love for Christ, and their juvenile protest against heathenism. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The emphasis was laid especially upon the religious problems, and in the system it may be fairly said that the religious aspirations of heathenism found their highest and purest expression. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The day of the sun was reverenced by his pagan subjects, and was honored by Christians; it was the emperor's policy to unite the conflicting interests of heathenism and Christianity. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It was the Dominican and Franciscan doctors, the greatest of them being St. Thomas, who in those medieval Universities fought the battle of Revelation with the weapons of heathenism. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin That was a picture of heathenism drawn from the life and submitted to the judgment of those who knew the original only too well. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Rome called on hers for the austere virtues of heathenism. The Young Maiden In these ways the State Church obtained a two-fold exclusive authority: as regards heathenism, and as regards heresy. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Hence the missions among them had received less attention, and most of these tribes had relapsed into heathenism. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America Heathenism in ancient times, heathenism now as we see it in India, was and is very liberal. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 All through heathenism you find that principle working. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Let heathenism, if it must, so regard it; but the Christian ought never to trifle with this sacred interest. The Young Maiden The line of reasoning represents the best Christian opinion of the times on the matter of the relation of the State to heathenism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History For four or five centuries a succession of "prophets" developed the antagonism between the Jahveh religion and heathenism. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals It looked as if heathenism was to disappear under Dutch rule. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Some mere brutality or heathenism faces order, civilization, and law. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But when the missionaries came and spoke to you, you gave up your heathenism, began to keep the Sabbath day, to worship God and to live like christians. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Under the sons of Constantine a harsher policy toward heathenism was adopted. A Source Book for Ancient Church History They only bear witness to what existed in the mores late in the seventh century, and 590they were an attempt to purify the usages which had been taken over by compromise from heathenism. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals These observances however were often tinctured with a good deal of heathenism, the traditional folk-lore of the country, in the form of charms, magic and starcraft. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery I wanted to save my soul and yet retain some pecuniary advantages connected with heathenism. Old Daniel Through the influence of God's Word, for no other means were employed save the human voice to make it known, all of them were led to abandon heathenism and place themselves under Christian instruction. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Measures taken by Julian for the restoration of heathenism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History In the following century the Christians denounced heathenism as a worship of demons. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In front of this, and between four rude tumuli of broken coral, was a low platform, supported by stakes, and resembling the altars used for human sacrifices, during the ancient reign of heathenism in Tahiti. The Island Home When the idol was tumbled out of the temple, Christianity triumphed; and when the house of God was sold, heathenism triumphed. Old Daniel Even in our religious services we go back to heathenism. A Book of Myths Under them the policy of toleration ceased, heathenism was proscribed. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Although the latter is chiefly controversial against heathen and heathenism, it contains direct and noble arguments against the games of the arena on account of their inhumanity. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals They also were influenced by heathenism in their conception of half-divine beings intermediate between God and the world. The Books of the New Testament The old Doctor then was right: this Popish form of heathenism was but a device of Satan,—a scarlet covering of iniquity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 While the land of Safar at times relapsed into heathenism and massacred Christians, the Abyssinians remained firm in the faith. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 In course of time heathenism disappeared as a religious system. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It inherited from Judaism hostility to sensuality, which was thought by the Jews to be a mark of heathenism and an especial concomitant of idolatry. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The libertinism which was endangering the Church would not be likely to arise except in a district where the Christians were in close contact with heathenism. The Books of the New Testament What will happen when heathenism and the tribal system have vanished away? Impressions of South Africa Notwithstanding all the trash talked about Druids and other persons of this kind, we know extremely little of the heathenism of the British Isles. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author And, as it seems to me, the first saving change is that from heathenism to faith, as I said before; and the second, that from faith to knowledge. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Very much alarmed at such heathenism, the lady locked it up and would show it no more. Memoirs Thus was an island won from heathenism in those far off southern seas! The Madman and the Pirate Notwithstanding the slowness of the progress hitherto made, the extinction of heathenism in South Africa may be deemed certain, and certain at no distant date. Impressions of South Africa Of course, when we found him his mind was imbued with the same dark heathenism as were the minds of the savages among whom he had lived. Twice Lost The fearful murder of Hypatia represents another aspect of the opposition to heathenism, in which the populace seconded the efforts of the authorities in a policy of extirpating paganism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History By teaching both old and young portions of Scripture, and the latter to read, they began to perceive the follies of heathenism. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific They renounced heathenism, not because the government so ordered, but because they found that there was no God like Jehovah and Jehovah said, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas Christendom is more than half heathen yet, and it betrays its heathenism not least in its vulgar conceptions of the divine nature and its glory. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. In Germany it was conceded that they might be capable of becoming "good and useful subjects when converted from heathenism." Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. The character of Julian has long been a favorite subject of study and especially the motives that induced him to abandon Christianity for the Neo-Platonic revival of heathenism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Even the sports and pastimes of heathenism, though they may by some be considered harmless in themselves, are generally adverse to the spiritual life of a Christian, and therefore they have been discouraged. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Both conquerors and conquered were heathen, and both had the institutions which seem to us to give an inhumanity to heathenism: the triumph, the slave-market, the lack of all the sensitive nationalism of modern history. A Short History of England They were but just rescued from heathenism, and we need not wonder if their spirits long bore the scars of their former bondage. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. They were composed largely of people dug out of the darkest heathenism. Quiet Talks on Power Julian attempted to inject into a purified heathenism those elements in the Christian Church which he was forced to admire. A Source Book for Ancient Church History He has saved you from the pit of heathenism. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific He had expected that even Jezebel would be afraid to lift her voice in defense of the old defeated heathenism of the past. Sermons on Biblical Characters The Jews had been trained by law to the conviction of sin; heathenism had tried its utmost, had reached the full height of its possible development, and was decaying. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The expectation that Christianity would fall about the year 398, after an existence of three hundred and sixty-five years, turned out in the fulfilment to relate to heathenism itself. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The policy of several earlier emperors in reviving heathenism, and Galerius in his persecution of the Christians, seems likewise to have been to use religion as a basis of unity. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Compare these and similar conquests over heathenism with those victories won in pagan lands by the Bible—the sword of the Spirit. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific But heathenism prevailed until long afterwards, and it was not until the days of King Stenkil, who came to the throne in 1061, that an earnest effort was made to introduce the Christian worship. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. C. Their fallen children in this sinful world, without the knowledge of God; wandering in the darkness of heathenism amongst the pitfalls of error. The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes For, once put on an equal footing with heathenism, it must soon, in spite of numerical minority, bear away the victory from a religion which had already inwardly outlived itself. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Constantine's religious policy in respect to heathenism may have been from the first to establish Christianity as the sole religion of the Empire and to put down heathenism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It is the death-blow to heathenism, barbarism, and idleness, and therefore a medicine absolutely necessary to restore health and quicken life; but yet it must be administered by a brave and judicious physician. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Here it was that Olaf had a strong fortress of heathenism to take by storm. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Let us zealously venerate right Christianity, and totally despise every heathenism.' 11th cent. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology But, in general, it may be said that the Græco-Roman heathenism, as a system of worship, was buried under the ruins of the Western empire, which sank under the storms of the great migration. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The Sandwich Islands present some of the sublimest scenery on earth, but to an ignorant native--to the great mass of the people in entire heathenism--it has no meaning. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula The entire story is a curious mixture of heathenism and belief in one God. Fair to Look Upon In such places they lived and died like wild savages, worshipping idols as in the time of their Inca tyrants and of their blind heathenism. History of the Incas This heathenism was practised only in certain places and among certain classes of the community. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology This is the end of Græco-Roman heathenism, with its power, wisdom, and beauty. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I gave up the heathenism, And its favouritism, Together with the Hinduism. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions These are Christian, but with distant glimpses of p. 10Celtic heathenism. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 Such was the effect produced on Rusticus's mind by this miracle, that he forsook heathenism and became a Christian. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales They have seen neither the superstitions of idolatry, nor the unnatural cruelties of heathenism. The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies The edict of toleration was an involuntary and irresistible concession of the incurable impotence of heathenism and the indestructible power of Christianity. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A short time ago he brought me a report of the horrors of heathenism on the African coast, and said, 'I must go, Wohlfart; the time is come.' Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag His reign, however, was short, and at his death the people again relapsed into heathenism. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See The champion of heathenism here opposed to the Christian is a philosopher representing the standpoint of the middle Academy. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) And yet this innovation was partly caused by a religious conviction, the origin of which must be sought not in heathenism, but on Old Testament and Christian soil. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) He was zealous also in uprooting all forms of heathenism, and cast down many temples of idols. Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation And so after twenty-two centuries wandering over the world, we have got back to where Democritus started from—to pure old heathenism. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The problem of to-day is not how to convert the heathen from heathenism, it is how to convert the Christian from heathenism; not to teach the physician to heal the patient, but to heal himself. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Two interests combined to influence their conduct; for if they drew the reins tight they gave over their flock to heresy or heathenism. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) But from the beginning of the fifth century ecclesiastical fanaticism ceased to tolerate heathenism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) On this view, it has been argued, though Dr. Caird does not expressly draw the inference, orthodoxy is not essential to "salvation," and heathenism is not a barrier to the blessings of heaven. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities Every one who renounced heathenism, and professed the name of Christ, knew very well that he must suffer for it. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Even heathenism in its best form proceeded on the Multitudinist principle, for all were included as believers in the faith of the times. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology It is, however, as an illustration of the power of the Gospel, in the heart of one who was brought up in heathenism, that the narrative possesses its supreme interest. Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women Many years earlier the various churches had sent missionaries to that benighted land to reclaim its inhabitants from barbarism and heathenism. Captain Jinks, Hero "In heathenism the gold of the divine thought becomes dross." Evolution An Investigation and a Critique The only other fact to which I call your attention, from among the multitude alluded to in these letters, is the cost at which these converts from heathenism embraced this new religion. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Even down till quite recently, when the bands of attachment to the old heathenism have become much loosened, every open conversion continued to empty the schools, though never for long at a time. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field To the church many countries owe their civilization and their conversion from heathenism. The Red Conspiracy Both of these classes of practices were strongly opposed by the Church, because of their connection with heathenism and the licence towards which they tended. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan I am not unacquainted with the literature of the subject, I have described animistic heathenism as concretely as I could; I confined myself strictly to that. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique The dogma of the transmutation of species reappeared, however, in the Romish Church in a religious form; the old heathenism, which had never been wholly banished from the minds of men, thus reasserting itself. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The truth was that, though caste might appear only a distinction of mere social rank, it was derived from a pagan superstition, and was a stronghold of heathenism. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Their thought was to show how Christianity had triumphed over heathenism. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Here were those, whom we had hoped to train up for immortal blessedness, about to be sent back to a darkness almost like that of heathenism. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Rather the conviction which I arrived at is, that animistic heathenism is not a transition stage to a higher religion. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Still more was it the answer to a demand on the part of the church for an instrument with which to combat the dangers of heresy and to conquer spiritually the new worlds of heathenism. The Age of the Reformation This was the first Christian Zulu wedding, and it has been followed by many more, and we believe that in no case has there been a relapse into heathenism or polygamy. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field One day a new girl came in, fresh from the heathenism in which she grew up, knowing nothing of the Gospel. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ Moreover, no writer more directly joins the new world of Teutonic Christianity with the old of Greek and Roman heathenism. The Arian Controversy There are no facts to prove that animistic heathenism somewhere and somehow evolved upwards towards a purer knowledge of God. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique The reform only lasted a few years—some twelve or thirteen—and then King Josiah was killed in battle, and much of the old heathenism and greed and injustice came back again in a flood. Hebrew Life and Times The two divinities, whose attributes could not be mistaken, had been converted from heathenism into two very respectable saints. The Diary of an Ennuyée But this is more strikingly manifest among those people who have been but recently raised, by the influence of the gospel, from the lowest depths of heathenism. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Whatever vice might be in heathenism, there was no want of interest in religion. The Arian Controversy A dispassionate study of heathen religions confirms the view of Paul that heathenism is a fall from a better knowledge of God. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Officers went all up and down the villages and towns of Judah tearing down the little temples, or "high places," where so much heathenism had been practiced. Hebrew Life and Times Christianity softens, subdues, and renders docile the human mind, before the dark folds of heathenism have deepened and thickened with increasing years. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 There were signs of light breaking in upon the long dark night of heathenism. Adventures in New Guinea It was no love of heathenism, but a real difficulty of the gospel which led him to form a new theory. The Arian Controversy The thought of these monks was to show how Christianity had triumphed over heathenism. The Mintage The Danes, who were full of the vigorous virtues of heathenism, liked nothing better than to scourge those effeminate vices of the cloisters. The Leading Facts of English History Before the advent of our Lord, the very air of the East was resounding with the "unconscious prophecies of heathenism." The Women of the Arabs The teachers said there were twenty-one who professed faith in Christ and had given up heathenism and desired baptism. Adventures in New Guinea He upholds the Lord's divinity by making the Son of God a creature, and then worships him to escape the reproach of heathenism, although such worship, on his own showing, is mere idolatry. The Arian Controversy The two remaining chapters contain miscellaneous instructions suited to the condition of a church that had been recently gathered in great part from the ranks of heathenism. Companion to the Bible Solomon's idolatry bears fruit in the breaking up of the nation and the lapse of half of it into heathenism. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 Yet every day Mgr. de Laval ardently prayed, not only for the flock confided to his care but also for the souls which he had come from so far to seek to save from heathenism. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval This was a compendium of Universal History, and it was designed to exhibit the troubles that had afflicted mankind in the ages of heathenism. Anglo-Saxon Literature These splendid paragraphs are the song of victory over the defeat of the Pharaohs of heathenism and the deliverance of the churches from the house of bondage. The Arian Controversy In view of this animating hope he exhorts the Colossians to put away all the sins belonging to their former state of heathenism. Companion to the Bible His attitude shows that Penda looked with the tolerance of his race on all questions of creed, and that he was fighting less for heathenism than for political independence. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 Their doctrines and morals are to be decided on by a court composed mainly of recent converts from heathenism. History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity. Anglo-Saxon Literature Thus heathenism still held the key of the position, and constantly threatened to convict them of polytheism. The Arian Controversy Then follow earnest admonitions to shun the vices of their former state of heathenism, and cultivate all the graces of the Spirit. Companion to the Bible "But," it may be said, "the old heathenism was worn out and effete; no one thought it worth his while to stand up in its defence." The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Will the Church be satisfied with the decision of a court, a majority of whose members have recently been converted from heathenism through the instrumentality of these very Missionaries? History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China Such are some of the traces we can gather from the expiring relics of heathenism. Anglo-Saxon Literature Constantine shared the heathen feelings of his time, so that the gospel to him was only a monotheistic heathenism. The Arian Controversy In a little hut near us reside two Christian converts from heathenism. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons It is a natural consequence of the relations in which you stand to heathenism. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic He cried against the heathenism of the Church, the wickedness of Church tithes, and against ungodly book-prayers and short sermons. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People They all come from the Christian period, as was natural, seeing that the national profession of heathenism ended before our literature began, unless the annals mentioned 78at the beginning of this chapter are exceptions. Anglo-Saxon Literature That heathen age was no time to trifle with heathenism in the very citadel of Christian life. The Arian Controversy Some of the remoter parts of England seemed to be absolutely in danger of relapsing into literal heathenism. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Such a statement would not only be false, but the absolute antipode of Christian Science, and would savor more of heathenism than of my doctrines. Pulpit and Press Its frivolity was offensive to their grave temperament; they recoiled from its obscenity; and its constant appeals to the gods and goddesses of heathenism outraged their religious convictions. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution We will now proceed to notice the sources which preserve some relics of the old heathenism. Anglo-Saxon Literature For ten more years of painful dissimulation Julian 'walked with the gods' in secret, before the young lion of heathenism could openly throw off the 'donkey's skin' of Christianity. The Arian Controversy The ladies' dresses were exceedingly expensive and absurd, and the whole way of living quite as sumptuous and helpless as in the times of heathenism. Young Folks' History of Rome On the other hand, many who had entered into the Christian Church had been converted to Christianity from different forms of heathenism. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series When he renounced heathenism, he is supposed to have reached the mature age of forty-five or forty-six; and as he possessed rank, talent, and popular eloquence, he was deemed no ordinary acquisition to the Church. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution And this reduces them more than their wars and slaveries did in their heathenism. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Far from restoring heathenism, he could not even seriously shake the power of Christianity. The Arian Controversy Rhythm, distinct melody, and even metre were avoided as retaining something of the unclean, brutal heathenism against which the Christians had revolted. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University From this time it is to be considered as the ruling religion; though heathenism subsisted long after, and at last expired imperceptibly, and with as little noise as Christianity had been at first introduced. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Of such a system we do not find even a trace in the New Testament; and under its blighting influence, the religion of the Church gradually became little better than a species of refined heathenism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Many of its members had but recently been converted from heathenism to Christianity and the church was far from ideal. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Yet Julian's work was not in vain, for it tested both heathenism and Christianity. The Arian Controversy "That, it seems to me, were little better than encouraging heathenism under the forms of Christianity." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance This people came from the same place whence the English themselves were derived, and they differed from them in little else than that they still retained their original barbarity and heathenism. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) As Rome was the head-quarters of heathenism, it was also the place where the divisions of the Church must have proved most disastrous. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution The first letter bears testimony to the splendid Christian character of these new converts from heathenism. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Instead of ever coming to grapple with its mighty rival, the great catholic church of heathenism hardly reached the stage of apish mimicry. The Arian Controversy Are we in no danger of believing what Christ here tells us is pure heathenism—that many words may move God? Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Their trials were so many conjurations, and the magical ceremonies of barbarity and heathenism entered into law and religion. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) There was nothing in either the philosophy or the religion of heathenism sufficient to counteract the influence of man's native depravity. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution The king has been converted, as well as nearly all the princes of the kingdom; and only the queen persists in her heathenism. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The ancient world of heathenism was near its dissolution. The Arian Controversy Like a great many others in that strange, restless era when our Lord came, this man seems to have become tired of the hollowness of heathenism, and to have been groping for the light. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Whether we call it fetichism, shamanism, nature worship or heathenism in its myriad forms, it is there in awful reality. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji In this flourishing metropolis many proselytes from heathenism were to be found in the synagogues of the Greek-speaking Jews, and the gospel soon made rapid progress among these Hellenists. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Then began many daily to hasten and flock together to hear God's word, and to forsake the manner of heathenism, and joined themselves, through belief, to the oneness of Christ's holy Church. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Yet Julian found it incorrigibly Christian, and we hear but little of heathenism from Basil. The Arian Controversy After all, it is surely better for these poor Indians to adopt some form of Christianity, however corrupt, than to remain in the darkness and debasement of heathenism. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. For where it teaches morality, it inculcates rather the refined virtue of heathenism, than the strict, though mild discipline of the gospel. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 This great autocrat was the high priest of heathenism—thus combining the grandeur of temporal majesty with the sacredness of religious elevation. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution It was also a very dead region—few, even of those who were living Christians, breathing their life on others; for the surrounding mass of impenetrate heathenism had cast its sad influence even over them. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne There was indeed no reason why Christianity should not have as good a literature as heathenism, but it would have to be a growth of many ages. The Arian Controversy No, here, as everywhere in heathenism, the works of the flesh were manifest. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador For five hundred years the Nestorian churches held up the banner of the Cross; but eventually, through ignorance and impurity, they sank to the level of heathenism and disappeared. The Awakening of China In his Dialogue, entitled "Octavius," the respective merits of Christianity and heathenism are discussed with much vivacity. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution It was Robert's first near view of the heathenism of his native city, and the effect was enduring. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne The world had gone a long way downhill since young Athanasius had sung his song of triumph over fallen heathenism. The Arian Controversy He came hither from Hebron, and has enjoyed a better education than the Ramah people, most of whom grew up in heathenism. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador What, I wonder, is his definition of that term, heathenism? Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality But the multitude of its divinities was by no means the most offensive feature of heathenism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution The people professed heathenism freely, provided they made exact payments of their tribute, as if they had been conquered only for the sake of gain. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 It went too far for heathenism, not far enough for Christianity. The Arian Controversy The term "heathenism" has been used as an expression of contempt, and has been applied with too little discrimination. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Accordingly it has become more usual of late to rehabilitate heathenism, and to place it on the same level with Christianity, if not above it. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology This does not prove that slavery is a good thing, in itself; for by the same proof heathenism might be shown to be a blessing. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) It seemed well to seek out some young Japanese thinker and take his view of that "heathenism" concerning which Uchimura had delivered himself so unsparingly. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Thus Arianism had many affinities with heathenism, in its philosophical idea of the Supreme, in its worship of a demigod of the vulgar type, in its rhetorical methods, and in its generally lower moral tone. The Arian Controversy Paul, who quoted to the Athenians their own poet, was fair-minded, and yet no man ever arraigned heathenism so terribly as he, and none was so intensely interested in the faith which he preached. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 But as all living in heathen lands are heathen, if they find God at all, they must find him through heathenism. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Now, it may at first sight seem strange that the Christian religion should have permitted the existence of such gross and impious relics of heathenism, in a land where its doctrines had obtained universal credence. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft And she heard his whisper, the same which the old stone-cold heathenism had whispered through all time. Invisible Links The constant dread of the gods, and the numerous and extravagant demands of a cunning and avaricious priesthood, made the heathenism of Samoa a hard service. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before It is not contended that no revivals or reforms are possible in heathenism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Now, it is quite common for those who deny that there is any truth in heathenism, to admire this speech of Paul as a masterpiece of ingenuity and eloquence. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Astrology, after all, may have been something more than a brilliant heathenism. New Tabernacle Sermons He had David's blood in his veins, and Jehoshaphat's, and mingled with that, the venom of heathenism. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters To dye hair, and also to rub and blind the eyes of pigs which trespassed into neighbouring plantations, were the only uses to which they applied lime in the time of heathenism. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before Very few of the champions of modern heathenism can compare with Celsus, and there are no more subtle philosophies than those of ancient Greece. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The gentle converts try hard to regard their heathen songs with indifference, and to show by their very correct deportment the superiority of meekness, virtue, and Christianity over gaudy clothes, vulgar silver jewellery, and heathenism. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Duty! duty! we thought, and were quite sure heathenism had never interfered with that kind of heroism. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 But Israel, over which Jehoram, his mother's brother ruled, was given up to all the abominations of heathenism. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters On the change from heathenism to Christianity these men had a large quantity of fine mats among the temple treasures. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before Not only do we encounter mixtures of truth and error, but we witness similar attempts to prove that whatever is best in Christianity was borrowed from heathenism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 There were then in North America 250,000 settlers, whole colonies of whom were living in heathenism while others were adhering to almost every variety of strange faiths. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Now, such a couple, and a couple in which the wife took the foremost place, was an absolute impossibility in heathenism. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Would they not exclaim, It is because Christianity is false, and heathenism is true, that Christians give so little for Christ, while we give so much for our gods? Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Samoans in their heathenism seldom had recourse to any internal remedy except an emetic, which they used after having eaten a poisonous fish. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before In heathenism ethical truths exist in fragments—mere half truths, like the broken and scattered remains of a temple once beautiful but now destroyed. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 In the nineteenth chapter of Acts we have an account of the effect Christianity had on heathenism. The Last Reformation The great change from heathenism to Christianity would seem to loosen the joints of all life, and having been swept from their anchorage in religion, all external things would appear to be adrift. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) "Yet I think that there is more in this than heathenism, in some way." A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex In days of heathenism there was no good rendered for evil there, and the only prayers for injurers and enemies were curses for their hurt and destruction. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before Over against the moral earnestness of the persecuted Christian Church, there was in the nation itself and the heathenism which belonged to it, an utter want of character or conviction. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Roman Catholicism is a strange amalgamation of Judaism, Christianity, and heathenism. The Last Reformation Yet the dregs of heathenism still cleave fast to the minds of the majority. The Personal Life of David Livingstone It was not the dragon, or heathenism, that then deceived them; it was Christianity—a false Christianity. The Revelation Explained Nay, what is the entire sacrificial cultus of heathenism, but a confession that the whole heathen world finds and feels itself to be guilty at the bar of natural reason and conscience? Sermons to the Natural Man Some were more successful in appealing to the signs of the times, the clear evidences of that corruption and decay to which heathenism had led. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The struggles of Christianity against the powers of heathenism enthroned in the Roman Empire and throughout the world form a bright chapter in the annals of historic deeds and supreme loyalty to lofty ideals. The Last Reformation |
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