Search results for "Greek Religion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ... This forms an explicit parallel to the Greek account describing Cronus ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- of the Hebrew; they are based on the Greek names created for the Septuagint ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion Tanakh|90854189 ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- or social unit. The word comes from the Greek, from exo- + gamos, literally ... by primitive cultures was the first religion.John Ferguson McLennan, ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... to be apostates by their original religion. In some cases, heresy has ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, dating back to the late prehistoric era ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- Atheism (from Greek: a + theos + ismos "not believing in god ... mind. Finally, some atheists argue that religion emerged as a pseudo-scientific ...41 KB (6,063 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- at one time believed to be real creatures. Greek mythology, for example, features ... Cryptozoology (from Greek: κρυπτός, kryptós, "hidden ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- in the catacomb of Callixtus, and the Greek inscription on his tomb has ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion Category:religious ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- For example, Satan is called Diabolos (Greek for "accuser" or ... eschatology, as well as by that religion's ethical dualism. ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- and armed with bow and arrow (much like the Greek Athena). At other times, ... a feature of the calendar by the Jewish religion during the Babylonian exile ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- they may be compared to the Slavic Rusalki or the Greek sirens. ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion Category:Buddhism ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- holos, a Greek word meaning all, entire, total) is the idea that all ... disciplines throughout history. Ancient Greek philosophers, for example ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- An allegory (from Greek αλλος, allos, "other," and ... The Allegory of the Cave is an allegory used by the Greek philosopher ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- == Ferdowsi and Religion == According to traditional accounts, Ferdowsi ... On the one hand, he was lenient regarding religion. As Nöldeke remarks ...15 KB (2,389 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- knowledge, as well as aspects of Egyptian religion, became the common property ... decline, one positive result was that the Greek and Roman conquerors found ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- wicce), also known as the "Old Religion," is a Neopagan religion ... Due to the open and uncontrolled structure of the religion there are ...23 KB (3,499 words) - 18:43, 4 May 2023
- teachings of Jesus.Keith Akers, The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living ... some Ebionites gossiped that Paul was a Greek who converted to Judaism ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- Its original texts were written in Koine Greek by various authors ... of first and second-century Christian Greek Scriptures can be traced ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- Nicholas is said to have been born during the third century in the ... next bishop a "man of victory" (Greek: Nikei). While the saint ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- and Apostolic." However, Catholic in Greek "Catholicos" just ... while on a visit to London in 1763, the Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
