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* [[Pagan]] |

...example of this is the [[Pantheon]] in [[Rome]], once used for a temple to pagan gods, it was later used as a church (it is now only a tourist attraction).

...sense. The word (in the singular) was also used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god [[Tammuz]] and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s onl

...ent]]. It is the story of a Moabite woman called [[Ruth]] who forsakes her pagan heritage in order to cling to the people of Israel and to the [[God]] of Is

Is the Christian free to celebrate a holiday that not only has pagan origins, but also is used by the unbelieving world a promotion of commercia ...ntially, pagan. Many animals were raised for the purpose of sacrificing to pagan deities and their meat was offered in the market place. In reference to thi

...f>. Perhaps the most revealing mark against Solomon was his worship of the pagan gods of his wives in the place of a steadfast love and obedience to God (1 ...t these wives ultimately led him away from God and turned his heart to the pagan gods of the nations around Israel (1 Kings 11:1-6). Solomon built high plac

...s some presence of [[Judaism]] and [[Buddhism]]. [[Shamanism]] and other [[pagan]] beliefs are present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized

Kings records that Ahaz lived a life full of evil practices, introducing many pagan and idolatrous customs ([[Isaiah 8:19]]; [[Kings 23:12]]).

...the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages, England was invaded by waves of pagan Germanic peoples, Anglo-Saxons...

...ian the Apostate changed his mind and ordered Athanasius' execution (after pagan priests complained); Athanasius fled

...om this. First, do you agree that Thomas a devout Jew was swearing, like a pagan of today? Second, there is no biblical account of swear words. Peter did sw

...er and grandfather were probably Greek or Roman, and he was brought up a [[pagan]]. It seems that he had property, studied philosophy, converted to [[Christ # A treatise [[On the Sovereignty of God]], in which he makes use of pagan authorities as well as Christian;

...ecognize that its good things came from God but it gave credit to Baal and pagan gods. Despite this, God will bring his people back to him

We gather from his writings that he was born a pagan, not far from the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]], and was led to embrace Chri ...ng the names of dead men. Almost the only point in which he will allow the pagan writers to be in harmony with revealed truth is in the doctrine of retribut

The Jehovah's Witnesses vehemently portray the doctrine of the Trinity as pagan in origin and that Christendom, as a whole, has bought the lie of the devil

...in cultural hostility in Britain between the British (Celts) and the (then pagan) English.

...be arrested and corrected. At any rate, it is certainly a fact that the [pagan] temples, which were almost deserted, are now beginning to be frequented...

# The Cross is a pagan symbol and should not be used, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 90-

...who respected the Hebrew God [[Yahweh]] but had not been circumcised) and pagan (those who followed other gods).

Christmas has its origins in several pagan holidays. The celebration known as Saturnalia included the making and givin Northern Europe was the last part to Christianize, and its pagan celebrations had a major influence on Christmas. Scandinavians still call C

'''Incomparable - God is God, all the other pagan deities are nothing'''

...what He told Peter at Caesarea Philippi, but simply scolded them for their pagan-like reasoning. "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them...bu

.... It is deeply concerned with religious ideas, but the setting is entirely pagan, and the connections with specific Christian beliefs are left implicit. :"I have the deepest respect even for Pagan myths, still more for myths in Holy Scripture..."

...what they proclaimed. The apostles were confused for gods by advocated of pagan religion ([[Acts 14:11]],[[Acts 14:12|12]],[[Acts 14:13|13]]), given unwelc

...kings the people of Israel and Judah continued to fall away from God into pagan beliefs and practices. God raised up men such as [[Elijah]] and [[Isaiah]]

...the Red Sea in both versions of The Ten Commandments, the toppling of the pagan temple in Samson and Delilah, train wrecks in Union Pacific and The Greates

...is time. Both kingdoms progressively lost sight of God and began to follow pagan gods.

...ld Testament. Some writers have suggested that this plural form comes from pagan religions that believed in more than one god. Others scholars have suggeste Yahweh is a distinctly proper name of God. It is never used to refer to any pagan gods and it is never used in regard to men.

...at all existing churches had become corrupted by practice, by contact with pagan civilizations (particularly that of Rome), and by the impositions of kings

...theon in Rome, which has a circular interior and was originally built as a pagan temple, was re-dedicated as a Christian church in 609 by Pope Boniface IV.

...trably independent from the mystery religions. Nor do they resemble either pagan myth or Jewish legend.28 Rather, the Gospels are absent of embellishment an ...religions in the Hellenistic age. He notes for example, that most of those pagan sources asserted to have inspired Christianity are actually dated after Chr

...Christianity|Christian]] and predominantly [[Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], pagan practices