| 单词 | paganism |
| 例句 | Everywhere else in northwestern Europe the early records, the traditions, the songs and stories, were obliterated by the priests of Christianity, who felt a bitter hatred for the paganism they had come to destroy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The tardy evidence of her involuntary paganism made her even more upset. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For that matter, “Wonder Woman” is as harsh on the weaponization of paganism as it is on that of latter-day monotheistic religions. Wonder Woman Review: Patty Jenkins's Hard-Won Wisdom 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z What does paganism mean to you, in the context of thinking about religious themes? Liz Phair's "Horror Stories" chronicles the real ghosts that haunt us 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z My souvenir wooden Easter egg has many meanings written atop it — paganism, Christianity, and most of all, contradiction. Raccoons, rabbits and Sean Spicer: The camp and contradictions of the White House Easter Egg Roll 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Whatever his personal religious motivations were, it seems abundantly clear that Greek and Roman paganism brought out the best in him as an artist. Art Review: ‘Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works’ Debuts at the Met 2014-01-23T22:50:58Z Lark, accessible by ship only twice a year from the mainland, is a closed patriarchal society mired in religion, paganism, suspicion, superstition and corrupt do-goodery which has suspended it in a sort of unenlightened rigor. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It's certainly tempting to recruit witches as symbols of paganism, nature worship, herbal remedies, earth-wisdom and ecological right-mindedness, if only to confound those who see them as purveyors of madness or Satanic child abuse. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z Many Jews my age slid into paganism, a sort of ambivalent agnosticism, or outright atheism; we are cultural Jews rather than religious Jews. Israel is not my birthright 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Later, back in his office, I asked Kronman whether born-again paganism wasn’t just a kind of fancy atheism. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z And while 90 percent of all ancient literature has been lost, paganism still had a foothold on the streets. How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Actions were extreme because paganism was considered not just a psychological but a physical miasma. How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The collection, titled “In Memory of Elizabeth How, Salem 1692,” explored themes of paganism and persecution with an array of armored bustiers, crystal headdresses and flowing silhouettes suited to a goth coven. A Witch’s Brew of an Exhibit Enters the Modern Age in Salem 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Professor Ronald Hutton, a leading expert on paganism based at Bristol University, said he believed there were at least 100,000 practising pagans in Britain. Summer solstice: thousands descend on Stonehenge to greet longest day 2013-06-21T07:20:41Z Some 40 years after Robin Hardy's movie explored a clash between Christianity and paganism, the residents of Plockton, where some scenes were shot, are engaged in a real life religious struggle. Wicker Man villagers fight to save their only church from developers 2013-02-26T18:23:24Z St. Michael was the Christian antidote to paganism, so it’s a good bet this church sits upon a pre-Christian religious site. England’s legendary towns of Glastonbury and Wells are peaceful, picturesque 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Looking patient, civilized, sturdy and weathered, with a touch of glorious paganism under the surface. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Writing about Kronman’s book in the Times, David Brooks worried that born-again paganism would lead to “laxness”: “It throws each person back on himself and leads to self-absorption,” he wrote. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z If there was a common thread among the work, it was what Blanks described as “a focus on religion, but also nature, a taste for paganism perhaps?” | The Hy?res Festival of Fashion and Photography 2011-05-06T17:45:43Z Also in the mix is TheBlondeButterMaker, who vlogs about organic recipes designed to nourish her family, including butter with pesto and bone broth, while endorsing a brand of white European paganism. Alt-right women and the "white baby challenge" 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Movies such as Rosemary’s Baby, the Exorcist, the Omen, the Wicker Man and the Devils portrayed black magic, paganism and the like in direct opposition to the benign tenants of Christianity. Black magic surgeon: Doctor Strange brings the occult back to the big screen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z They may lurch into the ludicrous, but with surprising earnestness these films nonetheless play out a three-way philosophical debate: between enlightened rationalism, orthodox Christianity and renewed paganism. Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Manifesting sits alongside a smattering of belief systems — astrology, tarot, paganism and their metaphysical cousins — being resurrected by a youthful generation in the name of wellness. Manifesting, for the Rest of Us 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The Puritans were trying to iron paganism and magic out of Catholicism. Ben Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy' 2013-06-22T05:00:00Z From bohemian to punk and even paganism, Westwood’s pieces channel her ideas through fashion. | Vivienne Westwood Goes to the Palladium 2011-02-09T20:40:52Z Christians might think this is impious paganism, but all human cultures mark the passage of the seasons, whether they worship gods, nature or nothing at all. Why Christmas is for everyone | Julian Baggini 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Lohengrin comes, as well, from a more divine realm to save Elsa from persecution amid conflict and mercurial alliances — between paganism and monotheism, between the Holy Roman Empire and opposing forces. A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “There just isn’t enough preserved out there to actually recreate Irish paganism,” Thomas explains. Meet the modern-day Pagans who celebrate the ancient gods 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Lethem lays out a paranoid world of atavistic passions, complete with a new paganism that divides these bikers, hippies and hangers-on into warring camps: Rabbits and Bears — a DIY version of Athens and Sparta. Review | Jonathan Lethem is back on the detective beat looking for America’s troubled soul 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z There's a bit of paganism: the green man features. Why Riddley Walker rivals the Passion as the perfect Easter story 2013-04-01T09:00:02Z At first, it’s unclear what this has to do with born-again paganism; only after many pages does Kronman argue that the Abrahamic religions, especially Christianity, make it hard to be grateful enough for life. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Souling, a longstanding tradition with links to Christianity rather than paganism, is comparable to trick-or-treating in that it involved going from door-to-door to beg for "soul cakes". Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z A picture of four young beauties dancing naked under a drippy midnight sky suggests the 19th-century vogue for playing at paganism. In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The belief system of the happy inhabitants of Hårga seems to be a mix of northern European paganism, occult tradition, arcane numerology and made-up nonsense. Midsommar: what the hell just happened? Discuss with spoilers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z In the first half he shows Julian going to Athens in search of enlightenment and meeting the mystic Maximus, who urges him to combine the wisdom of Christianity with that of paganism. The best theatre for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:02Z He concludes that “born-again paganism”—a theology of his own invention, holding that God and the world are the same—is the only truly convincing way to understand our place in the universe. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But the past comes back to haunt her, one that draws on the local landscape and history, paganism and the cold war. This week's new theatre 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z “Julian,” which some critics still consider Mr. Vidal’s best, was a painstakingly researched historical novel about the fourth-century Roman emperor who tried to convert Christians back to paganism. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z "Sexual Personae" discusses the decadence and enduring influence of paganism in Western culture. Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of "The White Lotus" 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s an extraordinary piece of paganism for a children’s book, prefiguring the end, when Poppins disappears with a “wild cry”, never to return. Mary Poppins: not sugary, but sharp and subversive – on the page and the screen 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z It's as if paganism and Puritanism themselves made a spiritual pact. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z It's interesting that you mention Christianity because I was also struck by your references in this book to paganism. Liz Phair's "Horror Stories" chronicles the real ghosts that haunt us 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z This week’s speakers and presenters will represent Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Baha’i, Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Indigenous religions, paganism and other beliefs. A throng of interfaith leaders to focus on combating authoritarianism at global gathering in Chicago 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Outside of the lands that would eventually become Russia, the Vikings were universally regarded as a terrifying threat, not least because of their staunch paganism and rapacious treatment of Christians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A staunch Christian, Abraha sought to eradicate Judaism and other faiths in Himyar, attempting to wipe out idolatry and any lingering elements of paganism in the region. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z After all, how many films deal with paganism, Christianity, murder and rural isolation with a cast including Scottish comedy greats, screen horror icons, two international sex symbols - plus songs and dances? Why The Wicker Man has divided opinion for 50 years 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In Europe, this transition from “paganism” took many centuries and has never been fully completed. This Spiritual Tradition Could Be the Most Poetic Bereavement Therapy Ever Documented 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z But scientists say her long-buried trove will shed new light on life in 7th century England, a time when Christianity was battling with paganism for people’s allegiance. Dig at UK housing site yields major 7th century treasures 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z One aspect of Justinian’s focus on Christian purification was the destruction of the ancient traditions of paganism in Greece and the surrounding areas initiated by his Christian predecessors. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike paganism, Christianity was a proselytizing religion; that is, Christian leaders hoped to convert others to their faith. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ms. White, who had once described believing in global warming as “a kind of paganism,” stumbled at a confirmation hearing, and the White House withdrew her nomination. The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Many of the Facebook pages he liked, including of groups devoted to paganism, Vikings, death metal and certain philosophers, do not on their own indicate a connection to the far right. Argentina Reels From Assassination Attempt on Its Powerful Vice President 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But this year, some attendees say, these opponents of witchcraft and paganism have become more aggressive and even dangerous. Pagan and witchcraft festivals confront growing Christian harassment 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The problem: There are a jumble of vague metaphors here, from Adam and Eve to Jesus Christ to paganism to Homer. ‘Men’ review: ‘Folk horror’ movie has a lot to show, but not much to say 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Eggers, plunging headlong into his material, draws no distinction between fantasy and reality, though as a storyteller, he is naturally inclined toward an ardent defense of paganism in all its forms. Review: Robert Eggers' mighty Viking epic 'The Northman' puts the art before the Norse 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Its subject matter hints at one reason why Rubens was so fixated on classical history: Constantine was the first Roman emperor to throw polytheistic paganism overboard in favor of the monotheism of Christianity. Review: The Getty Villa's gem of a Peter Paul Rubens show 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In this case, however, the fear of the fir is not related to paganism, but the idea it somehow dishonors Judaism or offends our Christian neighbors. A Christmas tree in a Jewish home? 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z In June, a Southern Baptist minister characterized critical race theory as “paganism,” calling it a “new religion that is on the wrong side of history.” Top Catholic bishop calls social justice movements ‘pseudo-religion’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z It depicts Julian the Apostate, part of Rome's first Christian dynasty, who revived paganism when he became the emperor in AD361. Pagan Roman emperor coin found in Norfolk field 'deliberately damaged' 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Many emergent forces are changing liberalism’s relationship to religion — wokeness, secularization, even paganism. Opinion | Joe Biden’s Catholic Moment 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z In my first book, "Cryptoscatology," when commenting on Alex Jones' 2000 documentary, "Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove," I wrote that Jones' biggest weakness was the typical "Christian tendency to confuse paganism with Satanism." Making sense of QAnon: What lies behind the conspiracy theory that's eating America? 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z And the church, always the church: straddling feasting and fasting, paganism and piety with its usual panache. 'I was told there was no market for foody books set in rural France': Joanne Harris on writing Chocolat 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Quiz festivals, we call them, as if we’re recognising them as rituals in the calendar of some deviant paganism. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z He led a successful, lightning campaign against the German tribes and on becoming emperor tried to reintroduce paganism. Pagan Roman emperor coin found in Norfolk field 'deliberately damaged' 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Norse paganism is a polytheistic religion that is based on ancient beliefs and practices associated with the geographic area of Scandinavia. Nevada Guard soldier receives OK to sport Norse pagan beard 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Up to that point, we had been talking, affably, about drug addiction, paganism and the likelihood of a volcano in the area blowing any time soon, before moving on to his enthusiasm for Donald Trump. The life lessons I learned over breakfast with a Trump supporter | Emma Brockes 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z He expanded the Catholic Church’s role in daily life and rooted out paganism. Review | Searching for the man behind the legend of Charlemagne 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z A few of the complaints include the presence of the golden carp and the curandera — paganism and witchcraft, apparently. Reading New Mexico — literature that reveals life at a cultural crossroads 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The Southern Poverty Law Center describes it as a hate group blending northern European paganism and ethnocentrism. Police sergeant loses job after white nationalist probe 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Black metal lyrics often espouse satanism and paganism, and a few bands feature neo-Nazi beliefs. Authorities say deputy's son behind fires at black churches 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Myriad belief systems underpinned the movement, from paganism to Aarseth’s fervent communism, but Christianity was public enemy No 1. 'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Their blog post said social media activity suggests Stamm follows the Asatru Folk Assembly, which the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as a hate group blending northern European paganism and ethnocentrism. Activists link Capitol Police sergeant to white nationalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z We are not moved to write polemics against paganism when Homer has Odysseus slaughter Penelope’s suitors, such massacres being as much a part of Homeric time as banquets and bards. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z On the Sunday before Halloween, Lindell’s sermon was “paranormal themed,” warning of the spiritual dangers of fortune-telling, Wicca, a form of paganism, and yoga. Springfield yoga community responds to pastor’s sermon 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z In fact, there is no proven existence of the practice in the New World before the early 1960s, according to Ronald Hutton, a historian at the University of Bristol who studies contemporary paganism. Witchcraft in the #MeToo Era 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He also asked about comments she made that likened acceptance of climate change science to a “kind of paganism” and suggested that top U.N. climate policy advocates were effectively supporting communism. Trump to dump controversial environmental nominee 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z He published books on Western traditions of “secret knowledge,” including astrology, tarot, paganism, witchcraft and magick. A woman who married God, a chess-playing priest and 10 more fascinating religious figures who died in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Kathleen Hartnett White, a former Texas environmental regulator who has described belief in global warming as “a kind of paganism,” has been tapped to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Democrats Assail Environmental Nominees Over Climate Change 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The Irish have been known to describe their notionally Catholic land as one where a thin Christian veneer was painted over an ancient paganism. How economics became a religion | John Rapley 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z In its videos showing destruction of sites, it boasted of its campaign to wipe away “paganism,” tearing down and hacking away the statues of gods, goddesses and mythical beasts. A Mosul mosque in rubble, victim of militants’ destruction 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In conservative Twin Falls, many who follow paganism, a religion whose modern movement includes a variety of practices including nature worship, aren’t open about their beliefs. Finding a spiritual home 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z At the origin of Christianity, its apostles sought to convert adherents of other faiths, whether Judaism or Roman paganism. Evangelists Adapt to a New Era, Preaching the Gospel to Skeptics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z But Mr. Carson maintains that he has never been an abortion rights advocate, and has compared the act of “baby killing” to slavery and paganism. Donald Trump Expresses Skepticism About His Drooping Poll Numbers 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “They said ‘We are afraid that one day the world will return to paganism’ – so they destroyed it. 'They are barbarians': meet the man defending Syria's heritage from Isis 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Isis considers grave markers and statues symbols of paganism that ought to be destroyed, according to their puritanical version of Islam. Palmyra: destruction of ancient temple is a war crime, says Unesco chief 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “If they had done even a modicum of research it would be clear this had nothing to do with paganism,” said Dr Gwendolyn Reece, a specialist in contemporary paganism at American University. Wicca experts slam Florida sheriff for linking triple murder to 'witchcraft' 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z When he became the ruler of Mecca, he forgave his former persecutors on the condition that they respect freedom of religion for all faiths—paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Chattanooga Killer Didn't See That Islam Rejects Violence 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z And The Gift, by Jemma Kennedy, suggests the treasure was at the centre of a power struggle between tribal men and women as the country converted from paganism to Christianity. Staffordshire Hoard mystery centre stage at theatre festival - BBC News 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z While Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, some beliefs tend more to animism or paganism. Moved by Mountains and the Sea in Indonesia 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Norse paganism was the common belief in Iceland until 1000 AD, when its lawmakers conceded to Christian demands that Christianity should become the country's official religion. Iceland's pagans reach new height with first temple 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Jordan's Interior Ministry on Wednesday banned all celebrations this year related to the holiday, which is rooted in paganism but associated for centuries with the Feast of All Saints, marked by Christians. Jordan gives Halloween a dressing-down 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Various Christian groups in particular took issue with the books, claiming they promoted paganism and witchcraft to children. Why Everyone Should Read Harry Potter 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps Mr Farrell is attracted to paganism because it is sensual and earthy, whereas monotheistic religions like Christianity, Islam and Judaism tend to restrict the ways of the flesh. Lollapalooza: a Woodstock for the lost generation 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z "It's hard to describe it that way. I guess some people would call it paganism." Pagans mark summer solstice at replica Stonehenge 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Gerald Gardner, regarded as the founder of modern paganism, is being honoured with a blue plaque at his former home. Plaque for 'father of witchcraft' 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z I think it connects to the explosion of so-called personal growth movements in the West since the 1960s, such as yoga or transcendental meditation, as well as to new religious movements like paganism and Scientology. Religious but not spiritual 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z It includes racism, anti-Semitism and elements of ethnic European paganism. France releases Norwegian neo-Nazi 2013-07-18T19:21:21Z I would not for a moment suggest that we revert to the liturgical calendar, let alone to paganism. Solstice and the lack of symbolism in Britain 2013-06-21T16:53:07Z The burial merged pagan grave goods with Christian symbolism - a tangible manifestation of the transition from paganism to Christianity at a pivotal moment in . Digging into 2012's archaeology 2012-12-26T01:15:16Z I love Native American spirituality and paganism, and I've studied Buddhism. 200 answers to 200 questions 2012-12-21T02:01:38Z Kemp denied any involvement in paganism, saying it "wasn't his cup of tea", and said he was the victim of a bizarre conspiracy. Men guilty of 'ritualistic' abuse 2012-12-14T13:32:21Z A jury in a Cornish child sex abuse case - which has alleged links to paganism - has been sent out to consider its verdicts. Jury sent out in 'pagan sex case' 2012-12-12T15:54:57Z One archbishop said the 31 October celebrations were promoting paganism to young people. Polish Catholic Halloween warning 2012-10-29T23:14:38Z "We are often misrepresented and treated as a joke by the media yet paganism is the sixth biggest religion in this country." Secret life of modern-day witches 2012-08-17T23:41:14Z Topics include the role of paganism, British national identity and how death is dealt with in the book series. Experts study Harry Potter novels 2012-05-17T01:09:35Z The eagle penetration of Gibbon detected this persistent element at work when he described the sequel to the futile efforts of Theodosius to extirpate paganism. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Prosecutor Jason Beal said the duo had "used the cloak of paganism" to commit the offences. Jury sent out in 'pagan sex case' 2012-12-12T15:54:57Z Laoghaire was never a Christian; or if he was such at one time, there seems strong reason to think that he relapsed into paganism towards the end of his career. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The only heresy specifically alluded to in the bull is the idolatrous worship of plants, trees, stones, and altars—apparently superstitious relics of paganism which indicate the condition of religion and culture in the Peninsula. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z What I have given will probably suffice to illustrate the degeneracy of the Christianity superimposed upon paganism and wielded by a sacerdotal body so worldly in its aspirations as that of the Middle Ages. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The most respectable bishops had persuaded themselves that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of paganism if they found some resemblance, some compensation, in the bosom of Christianity. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Previously an expert told the trial that paganism involved "nothing sexual" but was a belief in the sacred nature of the natural world. Jury sent out in 'pagan sex case' 2012-12-12T15:54:57Z Return to the Limbo of paganism with your Asiatic, Roman, or Greek lovers. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z There was literary paganism in the ages of faith. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But the paganism of the later date was more intelligently and bitterly hostile to the Church than the paganism which had shed the blood of the apostles. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A full review of the allegorical and mythical interpretations of paganism is given by Eusebius, Evang. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It is essentially a caste, a “holy order,” borrowed from the ancient paganism, but somewhat modified by Judaism and a perverted Christianity. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Two paces lead you from the antique life to the life of to-day, and from Christianity to paganism. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z It is impossible to represent by quotations the grand but terrible picture which Ozanam draws of paganism, in its glory, its worldly splendor, and its spiritual darkness. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Did paganism furnish the groundwork for the patriarch’s dream? Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z The retention of these fragments of superseded paganism does not always appear to have been of deliberate or willing intention. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z This monastery, which was one of the earliest in western Europe, became a very important factor in the prolonged combat with Gallic paganism, and subsequently a leading center of ecclesiastical learning. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z To escape from the “bondage of Christian law” means to go back to the bondage of paganism. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Thus fell the power of Rome, but not her influence, for the great influence of paganism was the excellence of its literature. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z With his support of the missionaries, the native struggles became a religious war between Christianity and paganism as well as between nativism and westernism. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z The early days of the Church even after its firm establishment, were much occupied in combating every form of paganism. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Gautier was read then and Swinburne's lilting paganism quite filled the lyric sky. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z This is a pity, for it was more respectable and more diverting than most of the forms of paganism that have superseded it. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Ozanam gives one remarkable proof of the hold over men's minds retained by paganism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is of course possible that much of his knowledge came from books, perhaps after his conversion, for one great part of Christian polemic was the simple exposure of the secret rites of paganism. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z 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 They fell not before the hosts of paganism; they were conquered by the climate. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z He sought vaguely after paganism, whereas he could no more have been a Bacchic reveller than he could have been a Druid. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The first antagonist of the Church, in her task of regenerating society, was paganism; the second, barbarism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He was admitted to the mysteries, but he became shocked at the cruelty and licentiousness tolerated and encouraged by paganism. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In fact, these inhuman pontiffs immolated to their God a thousand times more human victims than paganism had sacrificed to all its divinities. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The moral superiority of Christianity to paganism was speedily obvious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The poets know this, and in spite of his paganism and sophistication Swinburne often tried to prove his genius by making excursions into the enchanted land of childhood. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Like his instructor, he was a convert from paganism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It was the only thing, he felt, that could revive paganism, and his appeal met with no response. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The war was followed by the great persecution of the Christians, the last expiring effort of Roman paganism against the invasion of the new faith. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z At the bottom of his soul there dwelt an old, old thought, the essence of all paganism: "Eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we may die." Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z But paganism and Puritanism are nothing but terms, almost meaningless from much repetition, and "The Great Divide" is a play of terms, of symbols, of lay figures. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He supplied many imposing premises which Origen, representing the sound half of his audience, used for Christian purposes, whilst Plotinus employed them for revivifying the dead body of paganism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Later on the defenders and apologists of paganism had to own with annoyance that Christians set their fellow-citizens an example; Maximin Daza and Julian tried vigorously to raise the tone of pagan society. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In every province paganism enacted the same cold-blooded cruelties; oppression and robbery ruled supreme; murder went rampaging and red over all the earth. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z As a matter of fact, paganism, of itself, did not produce any great men; neither has Christianity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z And the only things that it proves are Moody's total inability to understand paganism and his reluctant but inevitable sympathy with Puritanism. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He was a convert from paganism, born probably in Sicily, but certainly brought up in Alexandria. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He sought to vanquish, but was himself vanquished by, the new religious force which was making such rapid inroads on the decaying paganism of the Roman empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z She has uplifted woman from the mire of degradation into which paganism had dragged her, has made her the equal, instead of being the slave of man. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z They both appear to have sprung out of the rudest rites and the grossest symbolism of rustic paganism. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z As we have seen, they had been spirited away by the emissaries of paganism. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z In Clement's days, especially, there were many whom Neo-Platonism, the Puseyism of paganism, cast up from the ocean of unclean error upon the shores of the Church. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On the other hand, the prevailing paganism has not become self-conscious, since it is hidden behind Christian words; and few have the time or courage to look beneath words to test their consonance with things. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Here apparently, as in the earlier dependencies of Spain, in Central and Southern America, the Roman Catholic ritual has become mingled in the most extraordinary manner with ceremonies borrowed from paganism. 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 Christianity, though it abolished the gods of paganism, maintained, nevertheless, the belief in extraordinary powers accorded by supernatural beings, and the same distinction continued to be made. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z But it doesn't stay, and so back swings the universe to the old place—paganism, naturalism, or whatever you call the belief whose watchword is "God and our own soul." Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Even paganism is made to lend its graces to increase the sublimity of the picture, and clothe the thoughts of the writer in poetic garments. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Thus German philosophy had arrived at mystical atheism and was turning rapidly to open paganism with its denial of Christianity. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z He again inquired whether those islanders were Christians, or still involved in the errors of paganism, and was informed that they were pagans. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z They are the descendants of runaway slaves, and before missionaries had worked among them their paganism retained curious traces of their former connexion with Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Still there is a piece of truth in this paganism. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z The old paganism and modern pantheism are reverent, filial, and elevating compared with the atheism of Comte and of our modern secularists. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Arianism, Manicheeism, the paganism of the sixteenth century, Protestantism, all were conceived along religious lines, and the thought of God was ever their central proposition. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Essex, so long prone to lapses into paganism, becomes at this time a centre of religious life under its Bishop Earconwald and its king Sebbi. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z Moreover, in many respects Christianity met paganism halfway by adapting itself to popular usages and ideas and by adopting important parts of the pagan literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Some usage was found in vogue, in itself harmless enough, but allied by long association with the superstitions of paganism. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z It reminds us that the followers of Maya's son and Mary's alike lapsed into paganism, and almost by the same stages. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It seemed to make paganism wither and vanish. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z He, the divinely inspired Prophet, could have nothing to do with men who owed their inspiration to demons and gloried in the ideals of paganism which he was striving to overthrow. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The whole educational system especially, even in Christian times, was in a very remarkable manner based almost entirely on the methods and material inherited from paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Marsyas looked with no little pride at the triumph of the God of Israel in this stronghold of paganism. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z 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 In their terror the Romans seemed about to return to their old paganism, since Christ had failed to protect them. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z From a religious standpoint paganism in Medína offered no resistance to Islam: as a faith, it was dead before it was attacked; none defended it, none mourned its disappearance. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The last noteworthy remnants of paganism disappeared as late as the 6th and 7th centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He had surrendered his two sons, Tiberius and Marcus, to paganism; in Lydia, he had reposed the unwatchful faith, that had permitted his other children to apostasize under his roof. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Of paganism there was no trace in it, save a few of the old temples of the Byzantines, spared when the older streets were levelled to clear the ground for the palace and adjoining buildings. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The time-honored festivals, the solemn and joyful convocations, the sacrifices and purifications of the olden time, were all more or less infected with the taint of paganism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Such questions paganism could not answer, but Arabia in the century before Muḥammad was not wholly abandoned to paganism. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z It was the latter with which moribund paganism essayed to stem the advancing tide of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The rites of these organizations were a grotesquely uncanny mixture of Roman Catholicism and African paganism. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z According to this Dutch Puritan, the theatre was "a school of idleness, a mount of idolatry, a relic of paganism, leading to sin, godlessness, impurity, and frivolity; a mere waste of time." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The chief difference lay in the fact that the ceremonial of the Katipunan partook more of the grotesque, of the absurd, of paganism. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z The statue disappeared from view with the fall of paganism. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z A broad simplicity, so very different from the light gracefulness of the old Greek paganism, distinguishes this Norse system. Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology 2011-09-22T02:00:24.717Z Earnest, zealous, with a firm determination to overcome all the obstacles before them in their spiritual combat with the demons of paganism, came the three Fathers, Fremin, Bruyas, and Pierron, with the Mohawk deputies. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Judaism and Christianity are progressive stages of this process; Judaism stands far below classic paganism; but in Christianity we have the perfect religion, to be developed into the highest form of philosophy. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In this country, as in Brittany, many popular superstitions still attach to these remains of ancient paganism. 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 This most excellent traveller then observes that the veneration paid to trees may be considered as a remnant of ancient paganism, and aptly quotes various lines from Virgil in confirmation thereof.” Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z For that matter, it's the central tenet of any credible religion, from Hinduism to Buddhism to paganism. In Fragmented Miami, a 9/11 Show of Unity Among Faiths 2011-09-08T16:30:00Z Many converts from paganism were made in this way; and being already well instructed by the dogiques, they had only to be brought to the Fathers to be baptized. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z None can understand it who does not see it through its pagan light, its Christian light, its singular blending of paganism and romance and spiritual beauty. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z But the custom died hard; or rather, it was probably rebaptized, like so many other relics of paganism; and the change seems to have taken place during Chaucer’s lifetime. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z It must be confessed that this paganism was of the most robust type. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z I know," said I; "the actual religion of educated and thinking paganism, quite apart from symbolic worship? In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z In this story and in many others the Swiss dwarf appears as a good Christian, but sometimes a rude and terrible form of paganism is attributed to him. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z This is rather a relief after overdoses of Wordsworth's pantheism and Keats's paganism. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z It is now the unmitigated cruelty of ancient paganism which has closed its hand upon our Lord. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Such was, and such is the longevity of paganism. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Institutions supposed to be educational, when in reality they are institutions for the purpose of teaching Roman Catholic paganism. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z These four taught the Gospel to the Mid-Anglians, and even went north among the other Mercians; and it does not appear that Penda, in spite of his paganism, made any opposition. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z The duty of rescuing these people from the errors of paganism formed the moral pretext for conquering them and taking their lands. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Unimportant as such differences may seem to us, they were really no light matters; for, as the Church was engaged in a conflict with paganism, unity with itself was of the first consequence. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z When paganism was in its youth and vigor, each city had its Jupiter, Mercury, or Venus, and the local deity recognized neither in this world nor the next any but compatriots. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Heresy and paganism may prevail, the light of science be quenched, the country go to the dogs, pictures go unpainted, and statues unmoulded till he has saved this fish. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The figure of Demeter, the mater dolorosa of paganism, the sorrowing mother seated on the stone of lamentation, is the most touching in Greek mythology. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But this was all in the interest of paganism. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Among the laity morality was at a low ebb; the marriage tie was lightly regarded, and there was a general return to the laxity and vices of paganism. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z And here is Wagner's Robertsonian explanation for the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in which he blames paganism for the nation's "decline." Extremist pastor signs on to Perry prayer event 2011-07-07T16:34:00Z Others are of opinion, however, that wolves do not eat Tartar flesh, being friends of the Tartars, who, because of their greed and foul paganism, may well be compared with wild beasts. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z In no essential respect could the schools of paganism furnish a model for the schools of Christianity. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Romanism, heresy, schism, infidelity, paganism, and a new religion—known as Mormonism, extensively pervading the land; and not more than six or seven clergymen of our church scattered at wide intervals over this prodigious surface. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z The latter had become Christians under the Empire, and they looked with horror upon the paganism of the Saxons. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z It tells of 412 the poet’s delight in that late, exquisitely and spiritually symbolic product of the mythologic spirit of expiring paganism, the story of Cupid and Psyche. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The primitive fathers, the later schoolmen, the monkish chroniclers, all alike composed in Latin; all legal instruments, even marriage-contracts, were drawn in Latin: and even the language of Christian prayer was that of abolished paganism. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z As an alternative hypothesis we suggest that the schools founded by the bishops in England were modelled on the schools of Christendom rather than on the schools of paganism. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z If you are only illumined by 'a dim religious light' yourselves, how do you expect to dissipate the gross darkness of paganism? Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Did paganism furnish the groundwork for the patriarch's dream? A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Another reason why paganism is unfit for the epic is to be found in the fact that the perfect knight must have piety as well as other virtues. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z It was in Gaul that the decisive revolutions of the time were first prepared; Constantine’s crusades to overthrow the altars of paganism, and Julian’s campaigns to set them up again. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Consequently, he exposed himself to the charge of “studying the vain poems and trifling histories of ancient paganism, to be a worker of magic.” Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Well, behold All honest paganism in such things discarded For God who comes in glory, trampling presses Filled up with grapes of wrath. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The paganism of the fourth century, with its motto, "Let us eat, drink, and be merry," imposed no self-denial; it was therefore bound to be popular. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z And of foreign origin they doubtless remained to the bulk of the nation down to the last days of paganism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The bit of paganism was apparently tolerated, even in priestly circles: a woman's skull found in the same tomb contained a Roman coin, presumably included to pay the boatman steering souls across the River Styx. Israel: Jesus' Crucifixion Nails Found, a Filmmaker Claims 2011-04-13T08:55:00Z Yet below the surface the old paganism still slumbers, and vodoo practices, as in the West Indies and some of the Southern States, are still heard of. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z This was twenty years before the Russo-Japanese war, and he had come among them with the existing Occidental estimate of their paganism and barbarity. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Brought up in the peace and piety of a Christian family, she had had no idea of the miseries of paganism. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z The scribes, the priests, the officials, all the educated world, in fact, of Egyptian society, never professed that gross paganism which caused Egypt to be called with justice ‘the mother of superstitions.’ The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Original sin, and the paganism that goes with it, if they lead to nothing worse, are a mere privation of excellence and involve, in eternity merely a privation of joy: they are punished in limbo. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Several thousands of the Ostiaks, Voguls and Cheremiss are still unbaptized, and much paganism lingers among the nominal Christians, and in poetry such as the Kalewala. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z How thoroughly has Catholicism borrowed from paganism its idolatries? Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The old struggle with paganism, which had lasted for four hundred years, was nearly at an end, but new dangers assailed the Christian world. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z Thereupon they began to beg him to lead them home to their native land in order to preach there about the Faith of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and convert those desirous of leaving paganism. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z Goethe's Faust, on the contrary, glorifies the return from Christianity to paganism. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Quaint combinations of Christianity and paganism occur; thus the Cheremiss are said to sacrifice to the Virgin Mary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The personages of the Christian faith and story were brought into visible kindred with those of ancient paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z While affirming their belief in the Jehovah of the Old Testament, they practiced many rites belonging to the paganism they claimed to have forsaken, and were regarded by the Jews proper as unorthodox and reprobate. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Their only religion so far had been Shumanism, a primitive paganism. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Calderon glorifies the movement from paganism to Christianity. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Their daughter was their only idol, and I soon found myself a convert to their innocent system of paganism. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z As the old stock from Africa died out of the country, the grosser customs, ignorance, and paganism of Africa died with them. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Hence, the reduction of all that paganism was deemed impracticable. 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 To this form of unbelief belong atheism, agnosticism, pantheism, paganism, polytheism, animism, and denials of Christ and Christianity. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Rationalized paganism might have had its Dante, a Dante who should have been the pupil not of Virgil and Aquinas, but of Homer and Plato. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Invited as allies, they came as invaders, and remained as conquerors, implanting their habits, speech, and paganism upon the prostrate island. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z Christianity and Mohammedanism are offshoots of Judaism; through them we have won the world from paganism, and taught it that God is one with the moral law.' The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z This produced an effect first on the mother, who was really in mortal terror lest her son might fall into paganism if he returned to the wilderness. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z Examples: A catechumen who accepted Christianity and asked for Baptism, becomes an apostate before God if he abandons his belief and purpose and goes back to paganism. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z And, in like manner, Christians were not likely to entertain the question of the abstract allowableness of images in the Catholic ritual, with the actual superstitions and immoralities of paganism before their eyes. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Angelo's relation to religion is all the more interesting because it is often said that the great men of the Renaissance, because of their profound study of pagan antiquity, had become touched with paganism. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z In every quarter of the world, however, there is a striking uniformity seen, in all the features of paganism. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z He had now placed both the affairs that lay near his heart in the hands of the priesthood, and was firmly convinced that Father Leonhard would deal with the "witchcraft" as well as the paganism. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z Example: Paganism is further from faith than Mohammedanism; atheism further than paganism. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z All of which, my dear Marchioness, is heresy, pure and simple; and worse yet—paganism of the first water. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Christianity when introduced into Rome met with the determined opposition of old paganism. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Whatever of purity the earlier forms of paganism may have possessed, it is evident from history that it was of brief duration. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z And if I don't return at all, you must at least baptize the poor thing; she can't remain in paganism. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z The best evidence offered by Christianity with direct bearing on the Fairy-Faith comes from what may be designated survivals of transformed paganism within the Church itself. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It seems to me that one alone would be much more receptive to these"—she smiled—"these paganisms than one in union with another. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z There are some queer customs, the undeniable relics of paganism, in Spain. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z For, though it includes VII., and even, in saint and relic worship, cuts a "monstrous cantle" out of paganism, it excludes, not only all Jud�o-Christians, but all who doubt that such are heretics. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 2010-12-20T17:12:31.233Z He finally came to the conclusion that an earthly meeting of this sort would be preferable to a union in heaven, especially as, owing to his foundling's paganism, the latter was somewhat doubtful. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z We have here an interesting combination of paganism and Christianity. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The Welsh dearly love to discuss questions of a spiritual and religious nature, and there are no doubt many who look upon disbelief herein as something approaching paganism. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The idolatrous forms of paganism were transferred from the heathen to the so-called Christian temples. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z And local megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church went even further, saying earlier this year that yoga is "absolute paganism." Yoga 'demonic'? Critics call ministers' warning a stretch 2010-10-11T20:16:00Z The atheist son of nonpracticing Jews, I’m about as far from a Christian as you can get this side of paganism. Why the 'Ground Zero Mosque' Will Enrich New York 2010-09-02T13:00:00Z The belief in them was a survival of paganism, and not at all an outgrowth of Christian belief in angelic hosts.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The numerous superstitions associated with bells, wells and stones in Wales, excite constant inquiries as regards their origin in fetichism, in paganism, in solar worship, or in church observances. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It was a noble effort, but paganism is more fun. | Bars: Dining Briefs 2010-06-22T23:47:00Z No European race left to itself has developed any thing more than an unsystematic paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And of the relation of Christianity to paganism, just one thing more. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker ‘I believe in the actuality of evil spirits; but people in the Highlands having put aside paganism, evil spirits are not seen now.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It was also one of the most persistent to the last days of paganism in the West. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The Pimas and Papagoes were early converted by the Spaniards, and retain to-day a smattering of Christianity plentifully alloyed with paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Now comes in a strangely pathetic episode which reveals the tenderness, almost the regret, with which early Irish Christianity looked back on the lost world of paganism. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race He had also to carry on a war with paganism, Symmachus, the prefect of the city, an eloquent orator, having endeavoured to restore the worship of heathen deities. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide They refused to admit into their sect those Christians whom the fear of martyrdom had once restored to paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Even then indeed a purer Platonism still survived, as well as a purer paganism sustained by the mysteries of Mithra or Demeter. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It may be urged, then, that no appeal will avail me, which is made to religions so notoriously immoral as those of paganism; nor indeed can it be made without an explanation. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent The belief in magical rites would survive—early Irish Christianity, as its copious hagiography plainly shows, was as steeped in magical ideas as ever was Druidic paganism. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Instead of living in a refined, almost celestial atmosphere, existence would be a daily protest against paganism. Glories of Spain But in 432, after Britain had relapsed into paganism, St. Patrick came into the darkened isle. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland Yet only the imperious religious cravings and the spiritual contradictions of that age could excuse or account for a system which was disastrous both to paganism and philosophy. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The law of force is honest paganism, but this covering up of the world's foulness with scum—that is nauseating pharisaism. Victory out of Ruin The toilers of our cities are rapidly relapsing into that paganism out of which Christianity rescued the world at the first. Stand Up, Ye Dead Pomerania, protected on the south by virgin forests and almost impenetrable morasses, was in those days inhabited by a valiant and savage Slavonic race akin to the Wends, who clung to paganism with unconquerable obstinacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" He and his companions spent three years in prison, and during that time he healed many sick and converted a great number of heathens from the darkness of paganism. Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year But the paganism which the Christian empire found it hardest to conquer, and which propagated itself far into the Christian ages, was the belief in magic and occult powers founded on the doctrine of daemons. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He would go to the stronghold of paganism. Victory out of Ruin The Gospel delivered mankind from the slavery imposed upon it by paganism. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The ethics of paganism were the speculations of the cultivated few who aspired to the character of philosophers. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs There is certainly something in the beauty and gay paganism of this city, mingled as it is with the simple devoutness of a symbolic faith, that seems to develop such characters freely. The Furnace The movement was setting in which, so often repulsed by the force of government and conservative feeling, was destined to have enormous influence over the last three centuries of paganism in the West. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Can Christianity be at peace with Mohammedanism stained with the blood of millions of Armenians; with paganism still brooding over the ideal of an empire based on force? Victory out of Ruin The Roman Emperors sought to protect and save their own paganism. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Notwithstanding the corruptions by which it became infected in the days of its power and pride, even the worst form of Christianity was infinitely preferable to the abominations of paganism. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Neither was there in concealment under ground in Erin, nor the various solitudes belonging to Fians or to Fairies, anything that was not discovered by these foreign, wonderful Denmarkians, through paganism and idol worship. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes In these characteristics, Mithraism differed profoundly from Graeco-Roman paganism, and seemed, in the eyes of the Christian apologists, to be a deceptive imitation of the rites and doctrines of the Christian Church. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The burden of his contention was that this country and the world at large is sinking back into paganism. Victory out of Ruin It ransomed slaves, as did paganism also, but it did not abolish slavery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" It created an art purer and loftier than that of paganism; and a literature rivaling in elegance of form, and surpassing in nobleness of spirit, the sublimest productions of the classic muse. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs If it was through such notions that they abstained from vulgarising its use, then they were on the way to paganism, through a materialised worship. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus To that hope the old classical paganism afforded only slight and shadowy nutriment. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It was the product of the new era which Christianity had substituted for paganism. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It created a popular “dogmatic system and moral discipline,” which paganism failed to do; but it produced no prophet of charity, such as enlarged the moral imagination of the Jews. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" St. Patrick's are the world-wide name and fame which most clearly mark the early Christian history of Ireland, when the new divine creed entered into the land and confronted the Celtic paganism. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The most ascetic Christians began to question the legality of second marriages on the part of either sex, as even paganism had often reprobated second marriages of women. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" But the Mazdean faith, strong in its associations with the ancient sources of spiritual enlightenment in the East, never succumbed to the western paganism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Pagan Africa comprises the greatest solid mass of paganism on the earth. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity The influence of Old Testament poetry was too strong, the associations of paganism repellant and, moreover, the Greek poetry, familiar to the average man of that day, quite different. Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries His paganism and his "cult of form," as also his Homeric power of description and of color, are seen in 'The Ox' and in 'To Aurora.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Probably, broken and half buried as they lie, they were once objects of adoration and worship, and now exist as mute and melancholy memorials of ancient paganism. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The old unmoral, external paganism no longer satisfied the spiritual wants of all men in the second century. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is certain that in Egypt from the IVth Dynasty onwards the mode of writing was essentially the same as that which was extinguished by the fall of paganism in the 4th century a.d. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" As that conquest proceeded and the penetration of new ideas into pagan thought continued, a corresponding reaction of paganism upon the new faith took place. Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries This paganism," he says, "this cult of form, was naught else but the love of that noble nature from which the solitary Semitic estrangements had alienated hitherto the spirit of man in such bitter opposition. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Nevertheless this paganism did not touch his Christian faith at all. Michelangelo In the taurobolium there was developed a ritual, in which, coarse and materialistic as it was, paganism made, in however imperfect form, its nearest approach to the religion of the Cross. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius What is the substance of his argument against paganism? The Bible Story This implies that a kernel of true piety underlies all the error and delusion of paganism, which, rightly guided, will lead back to the God from whom mankind had strayed. Jewish Theology That had been able to gather and arrange within itself the various elements of latter-day paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" But, although paganism persisted in many and divers forms, these, by a process of religious syncretism, had come to find their place in a common theological system. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It was an effort to introduce a moral influence into paganism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius A German monk, all swollen with beer and theology, rose up against this renaissance of paganism, hurled menaces against it, shattered it, and prevailed single handed against the Princes of the Church. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels This view, which was shared by paganism, was accompanied by a higher conception, gradually growing in the thinking mind. Jewish Theology The theory, contrary to the spirit of paganism, was contrary also to that of the Mosaic law. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Although the brief reign of Eugenius produced a pagan revival in Rome, the cause of paganism was lost forever in the imperial city. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Certainly the last ages of paganism in the West were not ripe for any such reserved spirituality. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius For, to be just, a little agreeable paganism had slipped into the cult of the jealous God. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Judaism assumed, then, toward paganism an attitude of rigid exclusion and opposition which could easily be taken for hostility. Jewish Theology Moreover, paganism at its worst, always tolerant, was often poetic. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Theodosius the Great was even more energetic than his colleague Gratian in the suppression of paganism. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It is also one of the many traits in the later paganism, which prepared and softened the transition to the reign of the mediaeval Church. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Milman bethought him of looking into Claudian, and sent to Mr. Gladstone three or four alternative lines fished out from the last of the poets of Roman paganism. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The Jewish tidings of salvation for the poor and lowly offered by the Nazarene became the death-knell to the proud might of paganism. Jewish Theology Cortez at length firmly ordered his soldiers to march to the temples and sweep them clean of every vestige of paganism. Hernando Cortez Makers of History However, between the fifth and the ninth centuries paganism practically disappeared within the lands of the empire. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The centre of the great religion which was to be the last stronghold of paganism, was the prototype of the emperor in the starry world, and his protector on earth. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It had grown sufficiently strong to compete with paganism even in point of numbers. Women of Early Christianity Later, in the contest against Græco-Egyptian paganism, the doctrine of God's unity was emphasized in the Alexandrian propaganda literature, of which only a portion has been preserved for us. Jewish Theology The very lowest and most corrupt form of Christianity is infinitely superior to the most refined creations of paganism. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The long association with paganism and the rapid incorporation of large numbers of new converts into the ranks of the church were not without influence upon the character of Christianity itself. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The old paganism of Rome did indeed foster certain ancestral pieties which were the salt of the Roman character. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The doctrines therein taught were no longer unknown to the rulers and chief men of paganism; the faith was no longer the possession almost solely of bondservants and the lowly. Women of Early Christianity Here antagonism in the most forcible form is expressed against the delusive cults of paganism, and exclusive worship claimed for “the unseen, yet all-seeing God, the uncreated Creator of the world.” Jewish Theology A horrible blot is this upon Alexandrian life and a fearful comment upon the wild extravagances that were sometimes enacted while Christianity was disentangling itself from paganism. Oriental Women The importance of Julian’s reign lies in his attempt to make paganism once more the dominant religion of the empire. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Of this great movement to cultivate a moral life in paganism L. Annaeus Seneca was not the least illustrious representative. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The time had come when political wisdom provided the most effective argument against paganism. Women of Early Christianity Instead of leading man upwards to an ideal which will encompass all material and moral life and lift it to the highest stage of holiness, paganism led to depravity and discord. Jewish Theology The portrait was of a Warden of the eighteenth century; a fine fleshy face it was, full of the splendid noisy paganism of his time. The New Warden He also sought to infuse paganism with the morality and missionary zeal of Christianity. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. And Seneca had one great superiority over other equally religious souls of his time, which enables him to approach mediaeval and modern religious thought—he had broken absolutely with paganism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The recognition, so slowly won, that women had immortal souls equalized them with the other sex, and with the permeation of Christianity into the life of paganism began the real emancipation of the female sex. Women of Early Christianity In paganism the Deity formed an inseparable part of the nation itself; but through the covenant God became a free moral power, appealing for allegiance to the spiritual nature of man. Jewish Theology In the period of the Antonines, paganism was at its best. Roman Women Gratian was the first emperor to refuse the title of pontifex maximus, and to deprive paganism of its status as an official religion of Rome. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It is equally certain that the Church did not disdain a policy of accommodation, along with the consecration of altars of Christ in the old shrines of paganism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The contemplation of the terrible licentiousness which characterized paganism gave a great bias to the views of the early Christians on this subject. Women of Early Christianity Hypatia's early womanhood was passed in the period when hostility to paganism reached its height. Greek Women This banner age of paganism was also capable of producing such men as Pliny and the Antonines. Roman Women The chief characteristic of later paganism was its tendency to monotheism—a belief in one abstract divinity of whom the various gods were but so many separate manifestations. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. In all that was essential, the Church would hold no truce with paganism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Largely in consequence, then, of the substitution of a fantastic holiness for unromantic goodness, though the Church grew strong in the world, morals remained much what they had been under paganism. Women of Early Christianity Her success in attracting to paganism both the cultured and the plain people naturally caused her to be an object of hatred and jealousy to those who strove to promote Christianity by violence and force. Greek Women It would be unjust to paganism and untrue to history to claim every instance of moral superiority for the modern faith. Roman Women The development of a harmonious system of pagan theology was greatly aided by Neoplatonic philosophy, which may be regarded as the ultimate expression of ancient paganism. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. He could never have joined in the last struggle of philosophic paganism with the Church. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In the rebound from the materialism of paganism, Christianity swung the thought of its adherents to the opposite extreme. Women of Early Christianity He succeeded in expelling the Jews, and then turned his attention to the extermination of paganism. Greek Women That paganism has disappeared cannot be said; for much that was essential to the system is still inherent in the prevailing religion of the civilized world to-day. Roman Women There were several reasons for the persistence of paganism. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The conception was introduced at a time when new moral and spiritual forces were at work, which were destined to have a profound and lasting influence on paganism for a thousand years. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Consequently, the Gospel made rapid inroads upon paganism; so much so that the latter was stirred to a more bitter opposition than had ever before been instituted. Women of Early Christianity No writer clung more tenaciously to the lifeless phantoms of paganism, nor applied the hereditary common-places in a more servile manner. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Much was accomplished under the ancient system; but the time exhibited the best possibilities of paganism. Roman Women This was due chiefly to the progressive barbarization of the empire and to the decline of paganism which lay at the roots of ancient civilization. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. As M. Boissier has pointed out, the historian of the Antonine age is free to treat paganism apart from the growth of the Christian Church. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The reign of Diocletian and his colleagues saw the final struggle between Christianity and paganism. Women of Early Christianity Nearly the same thing had happened in the decrepitude of paganism. Priests, Women, and Families But the rise of Christianity did not follow the brilliant day of paganism without an intervening night. Roman Women Even after the extinction of paganism the classical literatures of Greece and Rome afforded the only material for a non-religious education. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The amulets or charms which the Roman Christians wear, to drive away diseases, and to protect them from harm, are other relics of paganism. 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 Such Christian ideals, opposing all that was basest in paganism, naturally developed a new and an exceedingly high type of womanhood. Women of Early Christianity When the Jesuits were suppressed, they had in their hands no other religious means than this paganism, and in it they placed all their hope of coming to life again. Priests, Women, and Families In this woman we see the transition from paganism to the new religion. Roman Women Here he found much the same kind of paganism as Patrick had found in Ireland. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 But in proportion as Christianity more and more separated itself from Judaism and imbibed paganism, this way of looking at the matter became less easy. 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 To the patriarch Atticus was assigned the pleasing task of convincing the beautiful maiden of the errors of paganism and of guiding her spirit into the ways of eternal truth. Women of Early Christianity Mr. Mill says, in his book on Liberty, that “Christian morality is, in great part, merely a protest against paganism; its ideal is negative rather than positive, passive rather than active.” The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse The old Roman largeness of life was no more, and even the joyousness which had associated itself with some phases of paganism had departed. Roman Women The Britons were rather sturdy in their paganism. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 Many are the so-called Christian symbols which are direct importations from paganism. 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 His life was constantly in danger from the suspicions of Constantius; but it was preserved, and thereby paganism was destined to have one more trial, or rather one more dying struggle. Women of Early Christianity Liot was the outcome of the most vivid and masterful form of paganism and the most vital and uncompromising form of Christianity. Prisoners of Conscience It really inclined one to paganism to look at her.” Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 The hymn to Pan was pronounced by Wordsworth, vivâ voce, to be “a pretty piece of paganism”—a comment which annoyed Keats not a little. Life of John Keats Just as the Jesuits won the wilderness of the up-country by martyr blood, so the Franciscans attacked the strongholds of paganism amid the pueblos of the South. Through Our Unknown Southwest Claudian’s paganism, however, neither prevented his celebrating Christian rulers and magistrates nor his enjoying the distinction of a court laureate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The whole New World is steeped in the most degrading paganism. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier The former of these conceptions found its supreme formula in Greek paganism. Contemporary Russian Novelists When Justinian in 529 closed the university of Athens, the last seat of paganism in the Roman empire, the last seven teachers of Neoplatonism emigrated to Persia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Long, therefore, previous to the triumph of Christianity, paganism must be considered as having been irretrievably ruined. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition This was John of Monte Corvino, another Franciscan who, already some fifty years of age, was plunging single-handed into that great ocean of paganism to preach the gospel according to his lights. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The fragments of an earlier paganism, and the fragments of an earlier language are phenomena which must be taken in conjunction with it. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Julian the Apostate was one of the last idolaters of expiring paganism. Contemporary Russian Novelists He has contradicted the floating paganism, but he has not founded the deep religion. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century But the agriculturists steadfastly adhered with marvellous stolidity to their ancestral traditions and polytheistic absurdities, until the very designation—paganism—under which their system passes was given as a nickname derived from themselves. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He disparages the influence of the mediæval Church on nations just emerging from a barbarous paganism, and he exalts it when it had become associated with despotism and persecution. The History of Freedom There is, then, creed within creed in the two great religions of India—to say nothing about the numerous fragments of modified and unmodified paganism. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies He chooses the characters of his new poems from Greek and Latin mythology, and from themes inspired by an ardent love of paganism. Contemporary Russian Novelists Paganizing themselves, they sought a deeper paganizing of their serfs than the original paganism that these had brought from Africa. Civilization the Primal Need of the Race The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 With more faith than even by paganism itself was the supernatural power of the images of the gods accepted, only it was imputed to the influence of devils. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition For heresy, like paganism, is national, and dependent both on the particular disposition of the people and on the government of the State. The History of Freedom We are likewise prepared for a division of them; there will be the Indianized and the Pagan—paganism and political independence going, to a certain degree, together. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies In Africa Christianity is displacing paganism, in rural America paganism is displacing Christianity. The Defects of the Negro Church The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 10 Even he, however, admits the demoralising influence of the surrounding paganism—an influence which none wholly escaped, and before which some actually succumbed. A History of the English Church in New Zealand The infusion of paganism into religion was far more due to the people of the classical countries. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He endeavoured to replace it by a new system which was to furnish the State with new vigour to withstand the decay of the old paganism and the invasion of Christianity. The History of Freedom Doubtless, their Hinduism is imperfect; i.e., tinctured with the original paganism. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Nothing illustrates better Montaigne's essential paganism than his passionate admiration for magnanimity. Pot-Boilers What distinguishes modern times is paganism, and the essence of paganism is modern education and science. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 But the persecution, though directed at paganism, struck also at what remained of philosophy. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He was inspired rather with a political hatred of Christianity than with a religious love of paganism. The History of Freedom They retain their original customs; and they retain their original paganism. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies On the contrary, the political outcome of paganism must needs be despotism and aristocracy. German Problems and Personalities Success crowned his efforts, and he was enabled to release his people not only from foreign domination but also from the thralls of paganism, many of them embracing Christianity. A Calendar of Scottish Saints Julian, by his brief but ineffectual attempt to restore paganism, scarcely restrained for a moment the course of the new doctrines now strengthening themselves continually in public estimation by incorporating ideas borrowed from paganism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition This obstacle resided not so much in the resistance of paganism as a religion, as in the pagan character of the State. The History of Freedom We are prepared for even minuter detail; the paganism will be Nat-worship; the Indian creed Buddhism: the alphabet also, where the language is written, will be Indian also. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies And we have not the wit, nor the wicked women, nor the same jolly paganism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Eanfrid, the eldest, obtained the throne of Northumbria, but relapsed into paganism. A Calendar of Scottish Saints The death-blow to paganism was given by the Emperor Theodosius, a Spaniard, who, from the services he rendered in this particular, has been rewarded with the title of "The Great." History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Christianity rejoices at the mixture of races, as paganism identifies itself with their differences, because truth is universal, and errors various and particular. The History of Freedom But all the horses from Dan to Beersheba cannot drag him back to paganism, cannot make him resist the "pull" of his hereditary faith. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The saint gives place to the crusader and scholastic, and the imagination of the time acknowledges the spell of oriental paganism and oriental culture. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe The authorities in each province were themselves threatened with heavy penalties, if they did not succeed in frightening or tormenting the Christians into the profession of paganism. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century For the manifest deterioration of Roman manners, and for the impending dissolution of the state, paganism itself is responsible. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Admirably prepared by his serious and spiritual tone to embrace Christianity, he nevertheless lived a disciple of paganism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion They were feared, for they lived without God, or king, and were given up to the liberties of paganism. 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. But it happened that an archbishop of Manilla, looking upon this worship offered up by Chinese gratitude as nothing but paganism, caused both the chapel and parsonage to be unroofed. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The philosophical schools were impressed with similar apprehensions, and had now for fifty years been employed in creating and systematising a new intellectual basis for the received paganism. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century We see the age of free thought stating the innate religion of free thought; as Renaissance Italy painted paganism in religious disguise with the innate irreligion of its day. Vigée Le Brun And then both merged themselves into the Catholic form of faith, which issued forth from Rome, with Christian tradition grafted upon paganism. Carmen Ariza Hence, one may infer that our zealous brothers have labored there especially in destroying paganism and reducing the many Zimarrònes or apostates who, having thrown off all obedience, had built themselves forts in those mountains. 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. Beliefs and superstitions of these islands The general condition of these islands is paganism. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 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 It so happens that for the last period of paganism we actually possess an authoritative statement of doctrine, something between a creed and a catechism. Five Stages of Greek Religion The form of Islam seen in the large centres of population in the Hausa States is that of a virile, aggressive force, in no sense effete or corrupted by the surrounding paganism. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Its picturesque Easter processions, when colossal images of the Virgin are carried among bareheaded and kneeling crowds, smack of paganism; but we cannot question the genuineness of the religious fervor thus displayed. Carmen Ariza There was no re-birth in Venice, whose tradition was unbroken and where “men were too genuinely pagan to care about the echo of a paganism in the remote past.” The Venetian School of Painting He points to the blackened fields of battle, to the economic injustice and exploitation of industry, to the paganism and sexualism of our life. The Social Principles of Jesus Iceland.—Teutonic paganism reached its highest development in Iceland. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems There is a lot of modern heresy in that thought—a lot of revived and refined paganism that stands in sharp opposition to the spirit of Christianity as it has been interpreted hitherto. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Nor was this love of poetry lost with the transition from paganism to Christianity. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark We know what Christianity has done again and again; what Judaism, what Mahommedanism, what many kinds of paganism, have done. The Soul of a People His whole programme seemed to the masses to be anti-Christ in conception, that is to say, it harked back to political paganism. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Bede tells hardly anything of the paganism which had been the religion of England a century before he wrote; in this he is like other Christian teachers who might have told but did not. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Some opposed to the true miracles of the Saviour those of their false gods, their magicians, and their heroes of paganism, such as those of Esculapius, and the famous Apollonius of Tyana. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. His letters to St. Augustine still exist to show how he entered into all the difficulties of the missionary, all the needs of a land in conversion from paganism. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I At York, under Paulinus, Christianity had triumphed; but eight years after that event Edwin, the Christian king of D�ira, perished in battle, and northern England was forced back by king Penda into paganism. Legends of the Saxon Saints According to this principle, as Christianity is still in a minority as compared with paganism, we ought all to become followers of Boodh. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The ancient paganism, it will be seen, fell easily and without any tragedy. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Ephesus was one of the great centers of paganism. Heart Talks To describe Buddhism as paganism merely shows a lamentable amount of ignorance; nor should I be inclined to include Shintoism in a term which, whatever its precise meaning, is invariably intended to be opprobrious! The Empire of the East It was a most strange festival, now long forgotten, in which Christianity and paganism were blended together. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The Romans allowed a great many religious systems to exist, but they allowed no such thing as a religion destructive of the genius of paganism. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 In extending the foundations of the church, Paul the Third came upon the bodies of Maria and Hermania, the two wives of Honorius, the Emperor who 'disestablished' paganism in favour of Christianity. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome He was desirous of curbing the too ardent zeal of St. Cyril, who saw in Hypatia one of the principal supports of paganism. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. In reality both assumptions are erroneous: our “atheism” in regard to ancient paganism is of recent date, and in antiquity itself downright denial of the existence of the gods was a comparatively rare phenomenon. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity On such a spot one might as well deny that ancient Rome existed, as deny that Christianity was preached here eighteen centuries ago, and rose upon the ruins of paganism. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The underlying paganism of the Bishop produces a strangely incongruous mixture on his tomb—the Savior, St. Praxed, Moses, Pan, and the Nymphs. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Their devotion to the cause of Christianity against paganism has led many of them to martyrdom in past centuries, and may again so long as Asia and Africa are non-Christian. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Kapiolani had become a Christian, and felt sorry for her poor people who were still in the darkness of paganism, and determined to break the spell that bound them. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The paganism of antiquity is based on a primitive religion, i.e. it is originally in the main homogeneous with the religions nowadays met with in the so-called primitive peoples. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The feeble intellect of the European nations accepted Romanism as a religion, just as the Romans before them had accepted of paganism. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The dragon perhaps is the symbol of a ravening paganism dispelled by the eloquence of a sweet evangelist. A Little Tour of France The only safety, especially for the converts from paganism, was in being "separate from the world" about them. History of Education But there was progress in Christianity and there was none in paganism. Progress and History And it is no less significant that demonology was swallowed whole by the monotheistic religion which superseded ancient paganism, and for more than a thousand years was the recognised explanation of the nature thereof. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Around you are the temples of the ancient paganism. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The superstitions to which Doctor de los Angeles alludes are not only those of the old paganism of the Filipinos which the missionaries after more than three centuries have not succeeded in completely eradicating. The Legacy of Ignorantism Most of them were servants and slaves, who had been converted from paganism, and who did not possess even the rudiments of education. History of Education "The enemy of the gods" had been gotten rid of—for a time, at least, but Julian had still to wait for the triumph of paganism. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy The conflict of these different points of view accounts for the peculiar vacillation in the Christian conception of paganism. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The successive paganisms of the world have been overruled as steps in the world's progress. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The ancient glory of paganism had passed away. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Emperor Hadrian embellished this town with the largest and the finest of the temples of paganism. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Never, he foresaw, as long as the voice of this undaunted champion of the Catholic Church was ringing in the ears of his subjects, would paganism triumph. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy After ancient paganism had ceased to exist as a living religion, it had lost its practical interest, and theoretically the Middle Ages were occupied with quite other problems than the nature of paganism. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity We have not, like the early Christians, to oppose a rude, unwieldy, and gross paganism; we are called to confront an idolatry, subtle, refined, perfected. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Adopting what was best in paganism, philosophy employed it as an instrument to destroy paganism, and thus clear the way for definite religion. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Now—praised be Jesus Christ!—true religion was strengthened, paganism destroyed, and the victorious Church in possession of the hostile camp. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Privileges were granted to the pagans which were denied to the Church; the Galileans, as Julian called the Christians, were ridiculed, and paganism was praised as the only religion worthy of educated men. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy And so the doctrine of demons became the ground on which Jewish-Christian monotheism managed to come to terms with ancient paganism, to conquer it in theory, as it were. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Their religion is a mixture of paganism and Buddhism, and, though reputed to be kind and honest, they are an ignorant, uncouth, uncultured people. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java Even in the declining years of paganism, these idols still retained their significance, as is shown by the attacks upon them by ecclesiastical writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Thousands have come on foot from far-away villages of this boundless land of paganism; and from all goes up a continuous murmur of prayer and adoration, like a moaning wind emerging from a distant forest. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan It was the last stand of ancient paganism before it died out forever. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy This view was corroborated by the dogma of the fallen angels, which was altogether alien to paganism. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Its realities were an aristocracy of Regency dandies, in costumes made to match Brighton Pavilion; a paganism not frigid but florid. What I Saw in America |
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