| 单词 | polytheistic |
| 例句 | Hinduism had started off as a polytheistic religion, a set of tales about warrior gods and battles similar in many ways to the Greek mythos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In part, ISIS’s iconoclasm there has flowed from the polytheistic history of Palmyra, which stands in rebuke to their Salafist convictions. The Ancient Syrian City ISIS Is Destroying, Preserved Online 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Not only did multiple cultures, including Roman and Parthian, converge there, so did many religions, monotheistic and polytheistic. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Yet it also encompasses teeming street markets, polytheistic temples, recreational green space and other vestiges of ancient traditions reflecting generations of cultural influx from nearby and far-off lands. 36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan 2013-04-11T16:30:22Z Q. You’re an outspoken atheist, but in your fiction, at least, you seem to have a soft spot for mythology and polytheistic religions. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z True to the period of the Spartacus rebellion, 73-71 B.C., this is a polytheistic world, and “The Risen” is simply the name by which the uprising slaves are commonly known. ‘The Risen,’ an absorbing new historical novel about Spartacus 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Rome has sheltered polytheistic pagans and monotheistic Jews, adherents of Middle Eastern cults, and, in more recent times, a sizable multinational Muslim community. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In fact, the dozens of esoteric but related traditions share a spiritual core: they are polytheistic, worship nature and hold that female and male forces have equal weight in the universe. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z That term is sometimes derisively used to describe members of Macumba, which is defined as “a polytheistic religion of African origin … practiced mainly by Black Brazilians in urban areas.” Soccer player Paulinho won’t let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Those beliefs have changed and developed for millennia, influenced by cultures, theologians and even the ancient polytheistic beliefs that came before the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, she said. Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults do, a new AP-NORC poll shows 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z On Friday, the Islamic State group — a Sunni militant group that often targets Shiites — claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying Thursday’s bombing came “during their annual polytheistic rituals.” Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to ‘punish’ Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The Kaaba was a center for polytheistic worship among pagan Arabs until the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, when the Prophet Muhammad consecrated the site and inaugurated the Hajj. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z He went so far as to claim that Aten was the only god, something that seemed absurd to the resolutely polytheistic Egyptians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Culturally, Ethiopia combined traditional pre-Islamic Jewish traditions with polytheistic ones and, as of the fourth century CE, with Christianity. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When the Egyptian ruling class insisted on a strictly polytheistic society, Moses and his followers first rebelled and then fled. Freud was dying of cancer, the Nazis were closing in — and his last book challenged Judaism. Why? 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Mesoamericans were polytheistic; their gods possessed both male and female traits and demanded blood sacrifices of enemies taken in battle or ritual bloodletting. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Like the Mesopotamians, the early Egyptians were polytheistic, believing in many gods. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 For example, Scandinavians were polytheistic, worshipping gods like Odin and Freyja who were similar to earlier Germanic deities like Wodan and Frigg. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Kalash are a group of about 4,000 people who live in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, where they practice an ancient polytheistic faith. Welcoming a New Year at an Ancient Festival in Pakistan 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z In April 2018, Zu Beck visited Gilgit-Baltistan, a beautiful mountainous region of Pakistan scattered with aquamarine lakes and majestic pine trees, parts of which are inhabited by polytheistic tribal communities. How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Hinduism is a complex polytheistic religion that blended Aryan beliefs with the many gods and cults of the diverse peoples who preceded them. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Like many steppe peoples, they practiced a polytheistic religion, with a hierarchy of gods and spirits headed by Tengri the sky god. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They called some residents by phone and threatened to kill them if they did not abandon Sufi rituals like the building of shrines and the worship of saints, which they consider polytheistic. Motives in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack: Religion and Revenge 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The Met’s fall blockbuster takes us to medieval Jerusalem, which was a crossroads not only for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, but for a host of polytheistic visitors from as far as Scandinavia and India. Fall arts preview: Mexican modernism, Monet, and a new Smithsonian museum 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh, professor of Greek culture at Cambridge University, lays out a series of examples showing that atheism existed in polytheistic ancient Greece. Atheism has ancient roots and is not ‘modern invention’, claims new text 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z They did this even though their Judaism was a visible minority in the North African land full of indigenous and polytheistic beliefs. There's Nothing Christian About Blocking Non-Christian Refugees to the U.S. 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Ceremonies included various rituals similar to those of other polytheistic religions, such as the sacrifice of animals on outdoor altars. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The question is not one to trouble polytheistic religions, with their male and female gods. Why is God mostly referred to as a male? - BBC News 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The other side of the river is a perfect metaphor for where the monotheistic tribe descended from Abraham stood in relation to the polytheistic idol-worshippers around the Middle East. Living with the J-word 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Whitmarsh argues that the diversity of ancient Greece’s polytheistic societies meant there was no such thing as religious orthodoxy, and no clergy laying out how people should live. Atheism has ancient roots and is not ‘modern invention’, claims new text 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The move was met with opposition, with Iceland's Lutheran bishop saying a constitutional ruling on religious freedoms should not apply to polytheistic religions. Iceland's pagans reach new height with first temple 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A polytheistic society with a great assortment of deities and its own writing system, Egypt was united under the pharaohs for much of its ancient history. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There haven’t been polytheistic religions in the region for centuries, but in Muhammad’s time Arabs worshipped many gods. Why there’s no such thing as Islamic State 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The finds also included a pagan altar, made of light-gray limestone and used in religious rituals by those of a polytheistic faith, Dark said. Biblical-Era Town Discovered Along Sea of Galilee 2013-09-17T23:45:00.777Z Much of the art work and symbolism of their rule was erased by reactionary successors who restored polytheistic worship to the court. Nefertiti's Aura Lives On 100 Years Later 2012-12-06T05:25:00Z Christianity had assumed a form that was quite as polytheistic and quite as idolatrous as the ancient Paganism. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z His followers likely practiced a polytheistic religion similar in many ways to the Vedic traditions held by Indo-European speakers who migrated into India. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It is now more usually given to polytheistic races, thus excluding Mahommedans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z No polytheistic religion can exclude gods from its pantheon; all divinities that man can devise have a right there. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z There is, therefore, no trace of polytheistic influence in the whole narrative. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z This textual evidence likely preserves small elements of the earlier Canaanite polytheistic religious traditions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It is the guardian of this great primary truth from all corruption, whether the polytheistic corruption of division and limitation, or the pantheistic corruption of vagueness and impersonality. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Its business now was to reconcile its own monotheistic dogma with popular polytheistic practice. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z We see the same tendency running through fetichistic, polytheistic, monotheistic forms of belief. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Many portions of the Bible describe how the Hebrews frequently fell away from Yahweh and back into their polytheistic traditions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Necessarily polytheistic in its origins, religion tended nevertheless towards monotheism. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The bodies date from around 3,300 years ago, when the Pharaoh Akhenaten renounced Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion and moved his capital to remote Amarna, to worship just one god: the Sun disc Aten. Archaeology meets politics: Spring comes to ancient Egypt 2011-11-23T18:20:36.130Z The transition from fetichistic to polytheistic conceptions of cure is, of course, a gradual one. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Similarities in architecture and polytheistic practices suggest that the Aksumites may have originally descended from the Sabaean people of southern Arabia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z She touches upon religions themes in a manner to make the superficial reader apprehend that she cultivates some polytheistic form of faith,—extremes meet. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z It is more correct to say that, while polytheistic in principle, the religion developed in two absolutely opposite directions. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z He points out, also, the jealousy and intolerance of the monotheistic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism, as compared with polytheistic religions, like Buddhism. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z "Who knows whether this man is not the son of some god?" murmured the polytheistic Romans--and shrank from the mystery which surrounded the silent One. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Prior to the arrival of Christianity, the Aksumites held polytheistic beliefs, and numerous religious sanctuaries and temples exist from this early period. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Finance seems to be a polytheistic rather than a monotheistic faith. Buttonwood: Faith and the markets 2011-05-26T10:46:21Z The gods of the Vedas are, on the whole, of the usual polytheistic type, though their forms mix into each other like shadows cast by a flickering fire. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Between them, indeed, lies that deep gulf of difference which separates the religions of Israel and Babylonia as a whole; the one is monotheistic, the other polytheistic. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The Vedas of India adopt the absurd notions of an ignorant and polytheistic age respecting astronomy, and the Koran adopts as infallible truth the absurdities of the Ptolemaic system. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Evidence suggests that elements of religious devotion that originated from the polytheistic environment of earlier centuries also persisted, such as home shrines, magical spells, and other private practices. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This is the fundamental idea that urged the polytheistic peoples along the path of religious anthropomorphism. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z It is certainly erroneous to consider Egyptian religion as a polytheistic corruption of a prehistoric monotheism. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The solar ritual, in fact, was essentially polytheistic. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z In the prophetic Scriptures, a divine as well as human nature is attributed to the Messiah; and yet every polytheistic idea is excluded by the assumption of his essential unity with the Most High God. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z The Germans were polytheistic, worshipping various deities such as Wodan, a god of war, wisdom, and death, and his consort Frigg, a goddess of motherhood, marriage, and magic. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But this is the case in all polytheistic systems, whether in Greece, Persia, and India, or in Mexico and Peru. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z This mental approach towards the powerful friend is an aspiration, and sometimes a dogma; it is religious, not mythological; it is monotheistic, not polytheistic. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Behind the polytheistic view of the human spirit which prevailed in later times, there lay an animistic view which closely resembled the primitive Egyptian doctrine of the Ka. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The son of Christian parents, he abandoned their faith for the polytheistic philosophy of Greece. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Traditional polytheistic views included animism, or the recognition of a spiritual essence in natural objects such as plants, animals, and rivers. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The term properly implies a clear polytheistic conception of gods in contrast with men, while it recognizes that some men cross the dividing line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" On this point it must be said that, in a certain sense, probably any race of men may be called monotheistic, just as, in another sense, Christians who revere saints may be called polytheistic.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The attributes of Prajāpati, in the same way, have in them elements of a purely polytheistic nature, and some of the attempts at reconciling this new-fangled deity with the traditional belief are somewhat awkward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" He frequently uses the word God both in the singular and the plural, and seems to slip with remarkable ease from the monotheistic to the polytheistic manner of speaking. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In the time of Abraham a polytheistic religion already existed in Ur, for we are told that his father "served other gods." The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The philosophical conceptions with which the Assyrian account opens, the polytheistic colouring which we find in it further on, have no parallel in the Book of Genesis. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments There are signs also that the polytheistic word “gods” was obliterated on many of the monuments, but other divine names, though almost entirely excluded from Akhenaton’s work, were left untouched where they already existed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" But, owing perhaps to his polytheistic associations and the attributive nature of his name, the person of Prajāpati seems to have been thought but insufficiently adapted to represent this abstract idea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" He argues, too, against the polytheistic notion of a plurality of gods. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Then the Church sent forth her missionaries to convert the pagan world by constant concessions to its polytheistic views and practices. Jewish Theology There is the classic monotheism of the prophets, and the more polytheistic tendencies of later times, a contrast parallel to the sanity of classic Greece as compared with the flabbiness of Hellenistic times. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance No one can read with an unbiased mind the two accounts without realizing the great differences between the mythological, polytheistic account of the Babylonians and the simple, solemn, sublime, monotheistic picture in Genesis. The Christian View of the Old Testament The question therefore is first whether the difference is so great, and next whether it is the real difference between fetichism and religion in the polytheistic stage. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion 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 The religion of the Romans was polytheistic, but far different from that of the Greeks. History of Human Society The Jews scorned such idolatrous and polytheistic proceedings. Five Stages of Greek Religion Christians who came daily and hourly into contact with polytheistic beliefs and practices had to be very jealous for the concept of impassibility. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology The reverse conception, however, has prevailed in religious systems, polytheistic or monotheistic. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion As we have seen in the last chapter, the course of political affairs had detached the power of the state from the philosophical and polytheistic parties. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition But the idea of God, vague and indeterminate apart from revelation, soon lost its pantheistic unity in the wildest polytheistic variety. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had openly broken from the polytheistic Brahmins, and appreciated the purity, oneness and immortality of Brahma. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery We cannot date this conception earlier than Mosaism, and this idea struggled hard against polytheistic toleration. The Religion of Ancient Egypt They agreed, however, in cleansing it from its polytheistic setting, and giving it a strictly monotheistic tone. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture So important was the apparatus for kindling a flame deemed that in India the fire-twirl was made a god and became one of the chief deities of that polytheistic land. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution When chiefs and kings are divinized, offerings are usually made to them as to other gods; their cult becomes a part of the polytheistic system. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The inevitable tendency of this effort of speculative thought, spread over ages, and of the intellectual culture which necessarily resulted, was to undermine the old polytheistic religion, and to purify and elevate the theistic conception. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Are they, like M�rchen, for the most part, little influenced by the higher religions, Christian or polytheistic? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The myth, as it appears in Genesis, is quite polytheistic and anthropomorphic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Notwithstanding the gross polytheistic superstitions and hideous idolatry to which it gives rise, it is the only Hindu system worthy of being called a religion. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ In Oriental polytheistic systems the desire to secure completeness in the representation of divine activity shows itself in the combination of two or more forms into a unity of action. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But he remembered that those superb temples and this glorious statuary were the creation of the pagan spirit, and devoted to polytheistic worship. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Their religion was polytheistic—a personification of the elemental powers and the heavenly bodies. Ancient States and Empires The Philosophy of Keats, as we gather up the threads of it, one by one, in those fleeting confessions, is nothing but the old polytheistic paganism, reduced to terms of modern life. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions In the beginning, inspiration is literally ascribed to the gods—among the Greeks to Apollo and the Muses, and in like manner under various polytheistic religions. Essay on the Creative Imagination The theistic scheme of the old Greek polytheistic period is the broadest and finest that the ancient polytheism produced. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Subtract what is common to all polytheistic systems, and what is common to all systems of natural religions, and absolutely no similarity remains. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 But a despotic administration which undertakes to control and circumscribe all forms and manifestations of superstition in a vast polytheistic multitude of its subjects, is inevitably driven to repressive measures of the utmost severity. Studies in Literature and History The idea of god thus gradually developed in polytheistic myths, the accumulated reflections of savage, barbarous and semi-barbarous ancestors, tends eventually to provoke reaction. The Idea of God in Early Religions She touches upon religious themes in a manner to make the superficial reader apprehend that she cultivates some polytheistic form of faith,—extremes meet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 At a relatively early time, however, dissatisfaction arose with the discordances of the polytheistic conception. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Pantheism appears in primitive religion as an animistic or polytheistic sense of the presence of a divine principle diffused throughout nature. The Approach to Philosophy Their polytheistic religion was in the highest degree barbarous and sanguinary; the priests formed a very numerous body, and exercised great influence even over political affairs. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World We should be mistaken, were we to say that prayer, if addressed to polytheistic gods, is not prayer; or that prayer, if addressed to a fetish, is not prayer. The Idea of God in Early Religions The primitive intuition of the Godhead is neither monotheistic nor polytheistic, and it finds its most natural expression in the simplest and yet the most important article of faith—that God is God. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion The different polytheistic cults of the world differed considerably in intellectual and moral value. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV I could not even answer the question, if you were to ask it, whether the religion of the Veda was polytheistic or monotheistic. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Saturnus, Volcanus, Neptunus were indeed identified later on with Greek gods of a ripe polytheistic system, and have thus become quite familiar to us, far too familiar for a right understanding of early Roman ideas. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Petitions, then, put up to polytheistic gods, or even to fetishes, may still be prayers. The Idea of God in Early Religions This primitive intuition of God, however, was in itself neither monotheistic nor polytheistic, though it might become either, according to the expression which it took in the languages of man. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion In most religions the monotheistic idea is most prominent at the first, and gradually becomes obscured, and gives way before a polytheistic corruption.... History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance The Hindu system, it is well known, is at once pantheistic and polytheistic. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Through a development of many centuries the popular religion from polytheistic became monotheistic, and from worshiping the sun and fire came to worship an embodiment of righteousness and of supreme power. The Chief End of Man But petitions may be put up, not only to polytheistic gods, or to fetishes, but even to the one god of the monotheist, which never should be put up. The Idea of God in Early Religions In the throes of hierarchical government, torn by three irreconcilable religions,—polytheistic, Julian or Augustan, and Christian,—she had no strength to spare for these outsiders when her own life was at stake. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Certain vestiges of the religions of Isis and Cybele besides other polytheistic practices perpetuated themselves in the adoration of local saints. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism But perhaps a serious discussion of a polytheistic scheme such as this may be postponed till it is seriously maintained. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge Aavehie is the god of fishermen, who was always propitiated by intending anglers in the polytheistic days and who still has power. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year Naturally, much of this superstition has come down with the traditions of his Aztec forbears, whose polytheistic religion set up many imaginary gods and spirits. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Except for this ceremonial strictness Hinduism should have been favourable to the development of both painting and sculpture, as being a polytheistic religion. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala As soon as religion has reached the polytheistic stage the gods are regarded as travelling from image to image, just as they travel from temple to temple. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Within historic times, since the abrogation of the tabu system and the loosening of the old polytheistic ideas, there has been in the hula a lowering of former standards, in some respects a degeneration. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Spell, pronounce,and explain: phosphorescence, lure, stationary, propitiated, polytheistic, tattooing, caustic. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year The Christians found in Rome a vast polytheistic religion in contrast to their own in which the entire world was divided into the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan. The Necessity of Atheism And the uneducated believers in a polytheistic religion regularly take the image for the deity himself, at first scarcely conceiving of the one apart from the other. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The boldness of Origen, judged as a Greek philosopher, lies in his rejection of all polytheistic religions. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Porphyry marks the transition to the Neoplatonism which subordinated itself entirely to the polytheistic cults, and which strove, above all, to defend the old Greek and Oriental religions against the formidable assaults of Christianity. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The brute, the savage, the polytheistic idolater, the star worshiper, the monotheist, the Christian, are all, in their scheme, so many successive developments of humanity in its upward progress. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity But Abraham stood fast and showed forth extraordinary firmness—and God made this exile to be to His eternal honor—until He established the Unity of God in the midst of a polytheistic generation. Some Answered Questions And that is what the savage old Hebrews, alone among the nations, guessed, and why their rude tribal god has been erected on the ruins of all polytheistic civilisations. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mythology succeeded animism, and has in turn yielded to many curious and vanished theories, polytheistic, gnostic, pantheistic, and the rest. Nature Mysticism If, for example, the idea of an eternal Son is polytheistic, nothing is gained by transferring the eternity to an impersonal Word. The Arian Controversy The first polytheistic Olympus consisted of natural types, and at a much later period they became moral or abstract, in accordance with the spontaneous evolution of the intelligence itself. Myth and Science An Essay Greek poetry they rejected because it was polytheistic. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 She was sad, as well she might be, for she was a struggler, with a large family, and great expectations from the polytheistic uncle who adored his cook and one of his nobler organs. p. The Disentanglers Monotheism takes away all aptitude for comprehending the Pagan religion; the Mussulman, thrown into polytheistic countries, seems to have no eyes. The Life of Jesus The difficulty was the same as with the person of the Lord, that while the Scriptural data clearly pointed to his deity, its admission involved the dilemma of either Sabellian confusion or polytheistic separation. The Arian Controversy From the polytheistic point of view, nothing can be æsthetically more perfect than the myths of Apollo and the Muses, which personify harmony in general, and whatever is peculiar to the arts. Myth and Science An Essay As shown by the bas-reliefs covering the ancient monuments of India, this religion, changed by modern scientists into a belief in atheism, is, in fact, of all religions the most polytheistic. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 But was it ever heard that polytheism tolerated a dissent from a polytheistic establishment,—the belief of one God only? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Polytheistic creeds are far less jealous than monotheism; and the development of Zoroastrianism had been in a polytheistic direction. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. So far, however, as outward appearances were concerned, the worship was grossly polytheistic. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. No ancient poet has spoken more nobly of the Deity, although his language is altogether polytheistic. Myth and Science An Essay But he does not appear to have foreseen the unethical and polytheistic developments of sacramental institutionalism. Outspoken Essays It is altogether erroneous to regard the Egyptian religion as the polytheistic degeneration of a prehistoric monotheism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 In the release of the popular mind from polytheistic notions, and the purifying and spiritualizing of the theistic idea. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology But philosophy in the third century debased itself in order to support the tottering polytheistic religion of the pagan world against the modified Hebraic creed, Christianity, which was fast demolishing its power. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria The types which were first fetishes and then polytheistic were transformed into the physical and intellectual principles of the world, divested of all mythical and extrinsic form as far as their material organization was concerned. Myth and Science An Essay It has been said, and very justly so it would appear, that Hellenic paganism was not so much polytheistic as pantheistic. Tragic Sense Of Life It is admitted that the later developments of the old Egyptian faith were polytheistic. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The result of our investigation thus far is, that beside all the polytheistic and anthropomorphic tendencies of the old religion, there yet lingered a faith in one supreme God, ruler of all things. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Historically these sectaries served a purpose as early protestants against ritualistic and polytheistic Brahmanism; but their real affinity with the latter faith is so great that at heart they soon became Brahmanic again. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Some peoples remained in this phase of belief, while others advanced to the ulterior and polytheistic form. Myth and Science An Essay Aavehie is the god of fishermen, who was always propitiated by intending anglers in the polytheistic days, and who still had power. White Shadows in the South Seas We have thus far drawn our proofs of man's polytheistic tendencies from the history of the non-Christian religions. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Though the most polytheistic of religions, there ran through their system an obscure conception of one supreme being, Jupiter Optimus-Maximus, of whom all the other deities were but qualities and attributes. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology What is novel in it is that it represents the fading of pure polytheism and the engrafting, upon a polytheistic stock, of a speculative homoiousian tendency soon to bud out as philosophic pantheism. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow At the beginning of the nineteenth century, we may now say that Indian Hindu society consisted of a vast polytheistic mass with a very thin, an often invisible, film of pantheists on the top. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments An undeveloped religion, still bound up with polytheistic symbolism, with its charms and mementoes, inevitably suffers severely at the hands of exact modern science. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The various tribes of Arabia were mostly given to a form of polytheistic idolatry in which, however, the conception of a monotheistic supremacy was still recognized. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 So that often they were obliged to call on the gods in general, and, dismissing the whole polytheistic pantheon, to invoke some unknown god, or the supreme being. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Their tribal name, "men of fire," and their great veneration for that element have given rise to the conjecture that the Cherokees were originally fire-worshipers, as well as polytheistic. The Frontiersmen The late Sir M. Monier Williams speaks of pantheism as a main root of the original Indo-Aryan creed, which has "branched out into an endless variety of polytheistic superstitions." New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Christians, in particular, have entirely abandoned the old polytheistic, pantheistic, and fatalistic metaphysics and have adopted thoroughgoing monotheism. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic This was polytheistic, as is that of all backward peoples, and among their minor deities were their own women. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 By this larger view of Deity Christianity was able to meet the wants of the Aryan races, in whom the polytheistic tendency is so strong. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The religion of southern Arabia was highly polytheistic. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Of the polytheistic masses it has already been pointed out that intelligent individuals will now readily acknowledge that there is truly one God only. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments It will however be wrong to suppose that these monotheistic tendencies were gradually supplanting the polytheistic sacrifices. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 But in process of time this polytheistic system became pre-eminently unsatisfactory to the thoughtful men whom Greece produced in such numbers. Elizabethan Demonology In one mood the savage, or the civilised man, may be called monotheistic, in another mood atheistic, in a third, practically polytheistic. Cock Lane and Common-Sense The early polytheistic features have been excluded by the Jewish editors. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Further, that the polytheistic idolatry which is now associated with the masses once extended far higher up the scale, is evident to anyone reading the observations made early in the nineteenth century. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The plurality of the Vedic gods may lead a superficial enquirer to think the faith of the Vedic people polytheistic. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 Ghosts and spirits the Australians knew, but not polytheistic gods, nor departmental deities, as of war, agriculture, art. The Making of Religion Their religion was polytheistic, but embraced a belief in a future life. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Religion threw off all lingering polytheistic notions and soared to the vision of One God. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Turning to testimony of a different kind, we find Macaulay speaking about the polytheistic idolatry he knew between 1834 and 1838. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments It began in polytheistic and idolatrous barbarism: it cleared into a hard monotheism, with much superstition adhering to it. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed Nor do we learn out of what polytheistic deities Jehovah was selected, nor for what reason. The Making of Religion It may be polytheistically or it may be monotheistically conceived of. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy The Scandinavians, the Celts, the Egyptians, and the Greeks, however much they may have differed in the ritual and the objects of their polytheistic worship, all were possessed of priests and temples. The Symbolism of Freemasonry Now, pantheistic in argument and polytheistic in domestic practices as educated Hindus still are, they never call themselves pantheists, and would resent being called polytheists; they call themselves theists. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments It was held sacred by them as the abode of some good spirit, and received a certain homage, such as these superstitious, polytheistic people were accustomed to render their gods. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. Australia escaped polytheistic degeneracy by having no aristocracy, as in Polynesia, where aristocracy, as in early Greece, had developed polytheism. The Making of Religion Fechner, with his distinct earth-soul functioning as our guardian angel, seems to me clearly polytheistic; but the word 'polytheism' usually gives offence, so perhaps it is better not to use it. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy We no longer accept this polytheistic form of Christianity; and there is little danger, I suppose, of our falling again into the strange excesses of superstition to which it led. Literary and General Lectures and Essays Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their claims to adoration and propitiation. The Devil's Dictionary The horse stood still till he had finished the hymn, which Jude repeated under the sway of a polytheistic fancy that he would never have thought of humouring in broad daylight. Jude the Obscure According to their own traditions, Israel had been in touch with all manner of races much more advanced than themselves in material culture, and steeped in highly developed polytheistic Animism. The Making of Religion The worship is polytheistic, but not without tendencies to monotheism. Outline of Universal History "The Babylonian stories of creation are full of grotesque and polytheistic ideas, while those of the Bible speak only of the one living and true God." The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments For even at that early stage Mahomet, with the examples of Judaism and Christianity before him, must have rejected, even if unthinkingly, the polytheistic idea. Mahomet Founder of Islam The Hebrew Scriptures uniformly represent the non-idolatrous and monotheistic peoples, from Abraham to Cyrus, as lower in what we now call the scale of civilisation, than the idolatrous and polytheistic peoples about them. At Last He was a priest of a grossly polytheistic religion, but acknowledged only the One Supreme God, whose instrument he felt himself to be. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets But the Genesis narratives are distinguished by their freedom from the polytheistic ingredients which disfigure the corresponding narratives elsewhere. Outline of Universal History From these we learn or infer that among the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Phoenicians religion was polytheistic, but without so complicated or highly organized a system as prevailed in Egypt. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations It is a prominent feature of the polytheistic system of the Greeks that the gods are represented as subject to all the passions and frailties of human nature. Mosaics of Grecian History I have been polytheistic as any other well-read pagan of my day, and changed the heads and the labels of the fetiches on my altar almost as often as my ball wardrobe. At the Mercy of Tiberius Baal was the sun-god among the polytheistic Canaanites, as Bel was among the Assyrians. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The polytheistic religions are in themselves a highly interesting part of the history of mankind. Outline of Universal History Authorities differ as to their primeval religion, some supposing that it was monotheistic, and others polytheistic, and others again pantheistic. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Like the Romans, the Greeks easily recognised their own deities in the analogous members of foreign polytheistic systems. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The reason why it has not found favour with the Moslems is doubtless the highly polytheistic spirit which pervades it; moreover, the Faithful had already a specimen of that style of composition. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance The author protests, in vehement language, against those Hellenists who, misled by their polytheistic associations, would elevate Jesus into a god. The Unseen World and Other Essays Here have flourished polytheistic systems, each with its throng of divinities. Outline of Universal History He never prayed to a supreme and eternal deity, but to some special manifestation of deity, fancied or real; and hence his religion was essentially pantheistic, though outwardly polytheistic. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations It then becomes plain that they are least far away, and most potent, where there is least ghostly and polytheistic competition, that is, among the most backward races. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 They dreaded to be polytheistic; equally did they dread the least apparent detraction from the power and importance of their Saviour. God the Invisible King Recent studies in language, or the science of comparative philology, have thrown light on the origin of mythology, and upon the affinities of different polytheistic religions with one another. Outline of Universal History |
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