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- Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was Greek by birth, he is said to have ... his feast is celebrated on January 2. The Greek Church celebrates it on February ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- fifth century b.c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and the founder ... and sense experiences. He was the first Greek philosopher who took materialistic ...5 KB (714 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- little significance in the popular Greek religion. His equivalent in Roman ... enjoyed any other significant roles in ancient Greek religion. ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- Caird published two sets of Gifford lectures, The Evolution of Religion ... of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (1880), had a strong influence ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- to reconcile the Hebrew Scriptures with Greek thought. The exact dates ... concepts subsequently taught by the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristobulus ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
- The Greek word λόγος, or logos, is a word with various meanings ... The Greek word "logos" means "order," "word ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- last=Burkert|title=Greek Religion| year=1985| pages= 169 ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Cambridge: Harvard University Press ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed to the cross ... the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin" (King James ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- the Maccabees or their revolt against the Greek Empire, as described in 1 ... of Gentile rulers, who saw the Jewish religion as a force for law and order ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- The Aramaic word Abba, (written Αββα in Greek), appears three ... spoke Aramaic, with some Hebrew and Greek. Robert H. Stein, The Method ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- who compiled biographies of ancient Greek philosphers in his seminal ... Diogenes Laertius wrote in Greek, compiling his material from hundreds ...7 KB (941 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... art, often in combination with the Greek letters Chi and Rho, the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Judaism. Nevertheless, it is found in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint ... to Tobit's son, Tobiah or Tobiyah (Greek: Tobias), who is sent by ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (eighth-seventh ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus). These practices ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals ... *Lawson. Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- Henotheism (from the Greek heis theos or “one god”) refers to ... Roman religion was similar to Greek religion in regards to its henotheistic ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Neptune was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and became analogous ... Roman gods to have been identified with a Greek deity. His connection with ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Gods in Greek mythology were like humans. They exhibited immorality ... passed down as quotations by later Greek writers. His poetry criticized ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 14:28, 20 May 2023
- Ichthys (Greek: grc|ἰχθύς , capitalized grc|ΙΧΘΥΣ or ikhthus), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word for "fish." ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Anaximander (Greek: Αναξίμανδρος) (c. 609 – 547 b.c ... form of inquiry in a society where Greek mythology was the primary ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 ... and his philosophy to mostly wealthy Greek citizens. By the request ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion (John Raffan, trans). Oxford: Blackwell ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (ca. 624 – 546 b.c.e.) ... Contrary to polytheistic Greek mythology, which ascribed social and ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- figures, Saturn was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and his mythology ... and subsequently began to acknowledge the Greek myths as their own, Saturn ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- 039;s characteristics were adapted from the Greek tradition. Eventually, she ... It was only when she was identified with the Greek goddess Athena ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- The term traces to the Ancient Greek word entelecheia, from the combination ... category:Philosophy and religion category:Philosophy entelechy ...6 KB (836 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Empedocles (c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Empedocles was the first pluralist in Greek philosophy. He was an ...8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- had beheld the god in person,” while the Greek rhetorician and philosopher ... Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Ζεύς Zeús; genitive: Διός Diós ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- by European scholars of classical Latin and Greek texts. As a reaction against ... to material forces, today has replaced religion for many people. ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 19:10, 19 August 2023
- style; they were swiftly translated into Greek, for the use of Eastern monks ... His works are excerpted in the Philokalia (Greek for "Love of the Beautiful ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ... although the dish is often thought to be of Greek origin. The history of baklava ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Kenosis (from the Greek κένωσις: meaning "emptying" ... The ancient Greek word κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying ...8 KB (1,166 words) - 17:24, 5 October 2022
- Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was born at Abdera ... materialist thought in the history of Greek philosophy. ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- Esoteric is an adjective originating in Greece; it comes from the Greek ... that is inner. Its antonym is exoteric, from the Greek ἐξωτερικός ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- of Damascius, was one of the last of the Greek Neoplatonists and polymaths ... pagan, he tried to defend traditional Greek religion and philosophy against ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Written in Greek, probably in Alexandria, Egypt in the first or late ... A skilled narrator, he apparently wrote in Greek for a diasporan Jewish audience ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- because of the urbane cultured style of the Greek and the lack of any personal ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 152201453 ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion (Cambridge: Cambridge ... *Burkert, Walter. 1985. Greek Religion. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- and poet. His proficiency in the Greek language (which was rare ... Eriugena was highly proficient in Greek, which was rare at that time ...10 KB (1,486 words) - 15:09, 1 August 2022
- Anaximenes (in Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (c. 585 – ... *Guthrie, W.K.C. A History of Greek Philosophy, 6 vol. Cambridge: ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- the Old Testament appear to derive from its Greek translation, the Septuagint ... the fact that about one hundred and thirty Greek manuscripts containing it ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 12:08, 24 January 2023
- Walter Burkert, Greek Religion (Oxford: Blackwell, 1985, ISBN 0631112413). ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Oxford: Blackwell, 1985. ISBN 0631112413 ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- into various aspects of the classical Greek religion (albeit to a lesser extent ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Oxford: ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 13:45, 9 February 2022
- The word deuterocanonical comes from the Greek meaning 'belonging to ... in the New Testament are taken from the Greek Septuagint—which includes ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- the Encyclopædia Britannica and his book Religion of the Semites (1889), which ... Despite such accusations, Smith was a firm believer in religion and ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- In Greek mythology, Prometheus (ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion (John Raffan, trans.). Oxford: Blackwell ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Roman Empire. It usually refers to ancient Greek philosophy. It can also encompass ... Major philosophies include: ancient Greek and Roman philosophy in ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- 1 Esdras is a book from the Septuagint Greek translation of Hebrew ... "Esdras" is simply the Greek word for "Ezra," ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of μακρο- "Macro ... harmonious system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος meaning ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- by the Patriarch of Moscow in 1970. (The Greek Orthodox Church in North ... Kephalos means "head" in Greek. Hence, autocephalous denotes ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- In the sociology of religion, a sect is generally a small religious ... Maaga, Hearing the voices of Jonestown. Religion and politics (Syracuse, ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- "Apathy" or apatheia (Greek απάθεια, "absence ... The word "apathy" derives etymologically from the Greek ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- His father was a professor in German and Greek at Augsburg College in Minneapolis ... Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. In 1965, the ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- The Greek word telos means goal, end, or purpose, and teleology is ... Utilitarianism and the varieties of ancient Greek virtue ethics. Aristotle’s ...13 KB (2,107 words) - 05:34, 27 February 2023
- The Caduceus, also known as the wand of Hermes, was a symbol of the ... The Latin word caduceus is an adaptation of the Greek kerukeion, meaning ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- In Greek mythology, Orion was both a great hunter, who met Ulysses ... Orion is mentioned in the oldest surviving Greek literature. His legend ...11 KB (1,784 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- "god-spell" translated from Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion ... gospels were originally written in Greek.Ibid. The gospels are the ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- Ptolemaic Egypt gave the world the Greek translation of the Hebrew ... Learning flourished and a synthesis between Greek and Egyptian culture developed ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... Minoan in origin. In general, later Greek religion distinguishes between ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- concluded that he must have possessed a Greek harmony text; but it is unclear ... used for its original composition, whether Syriac or Greek. ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Eclecticism (from Greek eklektikos, “selective,” or “choosing ... The term "eclectics" comes from the Greek eklektikos: “choosing ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- how to prepare for it out of the realm of religion, divided by the different ... The word Thanatology is derived from the Greek language. In Greek ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- appears as chapter 14 of the Septuagint Greek version of the Book of Daniel ... included by the Alexandrian Jews in their Greek translation of the Jewish ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- :For the later Greek writer see Xenophon of Ephesus. [[Image:Xenophon ... Xenophon (Greek, Ξενοφῶν ; c. 427 B.C.E. – 355 B.C.E.), was ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
- Hylozoism (Greek hyle, matter + zoe, life) is the philosophical doctrine ... to views such as those of the earliest Greek philosophers (sixth and fifth ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- Empire, which had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world for over 1100 ... London and decided to recognize a sovereign Greek state. Many were enthusiastic ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion (John Raffan, trans). Oxford: Blackwell ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- (beginning), translated by Cicero from Greek "arche" (ἀρχή; ... from others, while laws and rules can. Greek philosophy began as the quest ...9 KB (1,192 words) - 22:57, 30 November 2022
- founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in ... by his detractors. In 1969, however, a Greek parchment codex of c. 400 ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... Near Eastern religion developed from animism to one centered on the ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- studies of mythology and comparative religion. His bestseller, The Golden ... Frazer learned Latin and Greek at Larchfield Academy, and continued ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- of Roman antiquity, and refused to learn Greek because he feared it would ... into modern life. Its members adopted Greek and Latin names, met on the ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- Arabic translations of the works of the Greek philosophers, and his commentaries ... and kalam (speculative theology), and the Greek and Syraic languages. He ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- ) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment ... bronze statue of Kairos made by the famous Greek sculptor Lysippos from Sikyon ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- and his work in the fields of comparative religion and the history of religion ... They came to represent the epitome of religion’s irrational and rational ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- In Moesia, Ulfilas translated the Bible from Greek into the Gothic ... quot;a violation of the privileges of the religion of his ancestors." ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- :w Greek Gehenna shall never be quenched." The original Greek scriptures of the New Testament ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- was known in Latin as Calvariae Locus, in Greek as Κρανιου Τοπος ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 122788085 ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were three vicious female mythical ... * Harrison, Jane E. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, 1922 ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- Judaism as an enlightened and civilizing religion. Along with Philo, Josephus ... Josephus, who introduced himself in Greek as "Iosepos (Ιώσηπος ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- Zeno of Elea (Greek. Ζήνων)(c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was ... *Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, 6 vol. Cambridge: ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 b.c.e.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... the Way of Seeming is the first attempt in Greek philosophy to distinguish ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- Saint Catherine's Monastery (Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας ... burning bush. The monastery is run by the Greek Orthodox Church and it is ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- He is known for his attempt to unite Greek philosophy with Christian ... supported by the classical quality of his Greek. His parents seem to have ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- in 333 B.C.E. in the town of Citium, a Greek colony in Cyprus. Citium ... Stilpon of Megara. Like many other early Greek philosophers, his written ...9 KB (1,466 words) - 05:48, 13 June 2023
- used often in formal liturgies, both in Greek and in translations. It is ... " This was a normal greeting in the Greek language in which Luke's ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- anthropomorphosis. The term comes from two Greek words, άνθρωπος ... == Anthropomorphism in religion == Since most religious beliefs are ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- The Wisdom of Ben Sira was translated into Greek by Jesus ben Sira's ... salvation. The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.] Church Society. Retrieved ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- Necromancy (Greek: νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form ... Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Baltimore ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- administration, society, commerce, and religion, and a people and time that ... British archaeologist Arthur Evans, inspired by ancient Greek mythology ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- Orthodox versions of Esther, based on the Greek Septuagint version, differ ... the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jewish editors of Greek Septuagint translation included ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- were largely appropriated from the Greek tradition, Venus is very ... Vedic goddesses of the dawn. Like the Greek goddess Aphrodite, Venus ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- families and instructed them in Latin and Greek, wrote psalms and hymns for ... to negotiate for the reunion of the "Greek" (Orthodox) and Latin ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- Saint Andrew (first century C.E.) (Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas ... (Mark 1:29) where he was likely exposed to Greek influences. ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- that he was already interested in using religion as a unifying force in his ... and a great stench," and that their religion was undesirable due to its ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Έλευσίνια Μυστήρια ... and fertility. According to the Greek myths, Demeter's daughter ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- According to the Liber Pontificalis, Sixtus was Greek by birth, although ... Although the Liber Pontificalis says that Sixtus II was Greek, modern ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 11:45, 13 February 2022
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- Eidos (εἶδος) is a Greek word meaning "image," "form ... category:Philosophy and religion Category:philosophy Eidetic_reduction ...9 KB (1,238 words) - 00:03, 13 February 2024
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- comparado, Portuguese: direito comparado, Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο ... which the constitution will bear; to the religion of the inhabitants, to their ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- ("the city of the sun" in Greek). Because of its connection to Egyptian religion, the Bennu was considered ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- He supported the scientific study of religion, which encouraged the examination ... the classics, including Plato and other Greek philosophers, under Richard ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- Greek philosophers did not explicitly elaborate on the absolute, but ... === Ancient Greek Philosophy === Ancient Greek philosophers pursued ...15 KB (2,179 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- Islam, and the first one written by a Greek Orthodox/Melkite. ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion Category:Christianity ...10 KB (1,476 words) - 08:10, 3 August 2022
- among "foreign gods" in Greek Religion (1985, section III.3 ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- See also Chrysippus (mythology) of Greek mythology Chrysippus of Soli ... (Soloi in Turkey), his style of writing in Greek was awkward. An old woman ...9 KB (1,399 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- Anaxagoras (c. 500 – 428 b.c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher ... which was rapidly becoming the center of Greek culture, and remained for ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 19:07, 26 July 2023
- * Harrison, Jane Ellen. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ... * Nilsson, Martin P. History of Greek Religion. 1949. * Pucci, Pietro ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- the Great, when the country was part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. It tells ... , the book was included as scripture in the Greek Septuagint translation of ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- for the reconciliation of science and religion through his call for academic ... as none of the professors would learn Greek. The same was true of scripture ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 02:30, 16 December 2022
- In linguistics, syntax (The word originates from the Greek words συν ... goes back in the Western tradition to the Greek grammarian Dionysios Thrax ...11 KB (1,479 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- The Grigori (from Greek egrḗgoroi, "The Watchers") are ... The word "grigori" is a transliteration of the Greek word ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- The Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Greek Ἡράκλειτος Herakleitos ... instead that everything is derived from the Greek classical element fire, rather ...11 KB (1,556 words) - 09:50, 22 January 2024
- Hesychasm (from Greek: ἡσυχασμός hesychasmos, meaning "stillness ... C.E. and became an official doctrine of the Greek Orthodox Church in 1351 C.E.. ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ... delivers to Hermas a series of precepts (Greek: mandata, entolai), which ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- churches. The (Italo-Albanian) Italo-Greek Catholic Church has also ... Orthodox Churches (Introduction to Religion). Cambridge University Press ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- so thoroughly suppressed that no complete Greek or Latin version has survived ... of Jubilees were fragmentary quotations in Greek (in a work by Epiphanius ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- He was a gifted linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian ... had praised after working with him on a Greek New Testament, but the bishop ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- believed that Christ was indeed one person (Greek: prosopon). Opposed by Cyril ... in the twelfth century, being a state religion of Khitan in the times of ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- The word "Eucharist" comes from the Greek noun ... * "Eucharist" (from Greek Εὐχαριστία ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- and his pro-Scandinavian party and disliked Greek influence in Kiev. ... native legends and Norse sagas, several Greek religious texts, Rus-Byzantine ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- itself, similar to the use of Hades in Greek mythology to refer to both ... to have influenced later myths such as the Greek story of Persephone. The ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- Crantor (ca. 330 – 270 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher of the Old ... to him in the works of various ancient Greek and Roman writers. Crantor ...6 KB (970 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- A templon (from Greek τέμπλον meaning "temple," plural ... proscenium (the backdrop of a classical Greek stage), copying the multiple ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- to the absurd," traceable back to the Greek ἡ εις άτοπον ... called 'early' dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato are believed ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 02:58, 8 December 2022
- that he translated it from Syriac into both Greek and Latin. As late as the ... that he translated the work into both Greek and Latin is cited as evidence ...11 KB (1,737 words) - 14:45, 30 December 2022
- form of a higher and cohesive ancient Greek religion was manifest in the Orphic ... * Guthrie, W. K. C. Orpheus and Greek Religion: a Study of the Orphic ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- and intending to destroy the Buddhist religion, he went to the Kukkutarama ... Bhakti tradition. It also challenges an elitist religion. ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- The book is believed to have been written in Greek, but in a style ... in verse 11. Where the RSV reads weak, the Greek has achrestos, a play on ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 18:44, 20 November 2023
- Some of the friezes of Sanchi also show devotees in Greek attire ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion 170224071 ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- given in the West to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible ... two Jewish scholars were asked by the Greek King of Egypt Ptolemy II ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- of the text of the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. Basing his ... According to the Suidas, a massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- Hades (from Greek ᾍδης , Haidēs, originally Ἅιδης ... :See Also: Hell (in Ancient Greek Religion) Like other first-century ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... * The description of Greek astrology and Greek terminology in the ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Theophrastus (c. 372 - 278 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philospher ... medicine, psychology, ethics, religion, political science and several ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 18:21, 30 April 2023
- into the baptismal formula (in the Greek Orthodox Church it is pronounced ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 109307843 ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- period, she came to be associated with the Greek goddess, Artemis. ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- the feast of the Annunciation in the Greek Orthodox Church also marks ... the middle of the eighteenth century by the Greek Orthodox Church. ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- Catharsis (Latin), from the Greek Κάθαρσις Katharsis meaning ... drama, and artistic ethics. In religion, catharsis refers to efforts ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Pythagoras (c. 570 B.C.E. – 496 B.C.E., Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, a mystic ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- The Cynics were an influential school of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers ... later Diogenes, gave lectures; or from the Greek word for a dog (kuon), in ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 06:54, 12 January 2024
- Pantheism (from Greek: pan = all, and theos = God) refers to the religious ... as long ago as the time of the Ancient Greek philosophers, they have only ...28 KB (4,312 words) - 06:37, 18 November 2022
- While in exile he used his knowledge of Greek to create the first Latin ... good education, including some knowledge of Greek, which had already become ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 13:14, 22 January 2024
- [[Image:Epictetus.jpg|thumb|200px|Epictetus, Greek [[philosophy|philosopher ... Epictetus (c. 55 C.E. – c. 135 C.E.) was a Greek Stoic philosopher ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- to have been composed in Latin, not the Greek in which Athanasius wrote ... Category:philosophy and religion 140142672 ...10 KB (1,699 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- a fish, and therefore known as Ichthys, the Greek word for “fish.” However ... symbol was adopted as a symbol of modern religion called Kemetism (or Egyptian ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- Galen (Greek: Γαληνός, Latin: Claudius Galenus of Pergamum; ... by a single Creator ("Nature"; Greek: phusis). ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- a lion with a head of a falcon or hawk. In Greek mythology there is less variation: ... that site; and the ram-headed sphinxes (in Greek, criosphinxes) representing ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- was instrumental in transmitting classical Greek logic to medieval Latin scholars ... studied in Athens, because he was fluent in Greek and well acquainted with ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- stand”). This is a translation of the Greek term hypostasis, from hypo ... The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle's account of substance ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 21:25, 26 February 2023
- Saint Photius, or Saint Photius the Great (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios ... or Bibliothēkē, a compendium of Greek literature, which ultimately ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- notion of the divine. Derived from the Greek words pan (all), en (in) ... theologians and philosophers of religion, serving as an acceptable ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- " which were preserved in Syriac, the Greek originals being lost. They ... of 20 books and exists in the original Greek; the other is called the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- with respect to their meanings. Classical Greek had no independent word of ... between being and existence. The classical Greek equivalent of the English ...25 KB (3,698 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- in Indian sources, was one of the Indo-Greek rulers in northern India ... and the most widespread of all the Indo-Greek kings. Precise dates of his ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- The theme of true versus false religion is also prevalent in the book ... True religion must be practiced first and foremost in the heart of ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- Georgius Gemistos (also Plethon or Pletho; in Greek: Γεώργιος ... scholars had limited access to ancient Greek philosophy through the Roman ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- However, he is most commonly known by his Greek name, Moses Maimonides (Μωησής ... letter on the apparent conflict between religion and philosophy (primarily ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- of the virgin Athena who, according to Greek legend, won the city in a ... of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art—the Parthenon, the ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Apollonius of Tyana (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς ; ca. 1 – 97 C.E.) was a Greek neo-Pythagorean philosopher, ascetic ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- * c. 450 B.C.E., Herodotus makes reference to Greek influences in ... During this new period of Bactrian Greek rule, several dynasties ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- many of the practices of Egyptian religion and language. Budge's ... of cuneiform tablets, Syriac, Coptic and Greek manuscripts, as well as significant ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- of Paul. It insists that the essence of religion is not found in what one ... #039;s word, but also doers of it. True religion is defined as: "to ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... for it differs sharply from a traditional Greek column in that it was made ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- * Harrison, Jane Ellen. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- is an English rendering of the original Greek wording found in the Apostles ... quot;); Latin, descendit ad inferos). The Greek τὰ κατώτατα ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- there is now no known text in Latin or Greek, similarities between the ... * Charles, R.H. The Book of Enoch: Together with a Reprint of the ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- called the Synoptic Gospels (from Greek synoptic, meaning "seeing ... Aramaic quotes (translating them into Greek), whereas Matthew and Luke ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- (from Arabic tilasm; ultimately from Greek telesma or from the Greek ... Category: Philosophy and religion 113736849 ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- The term agnosticism comes from a conjunction of the Greek prefix ... Christian church leaders, who used the Greek word gnosis to describe ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- opinion. The term paradox comes from the Greek para ("contrary to" ... in the late Latin paradoxum and the related Greek παράδοξος paradoxos ...14 KB (2,272 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- Those who wrote in Greek are called the Greek (Church) Fathers. Famous ... important intellectual centers. He united Greek philosophical traditions ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- quot;John," was living in exile on the Greek island of Patmos. He writes ... of John, did not have a good command of Greek and exhibits a more overtly ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 17:05, 4 May 2024
- in the areas of moral philosophy and religion. In the early stages of ... * Grean, Stanley. 1967. Shaftesbury's Philosophy of Religion ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 05:22, 31 July 2023
- shared by all of his contemporaries in the Greek-speaking part of the church ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion Total_depravity|214656168 ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- only in Latin manuscripts but in not Greek ones—appear to be later ... the Latin version of the book, but not the Greek. They are considered by most ...13 KB (2,222 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- in 1204, the works of Arabian, Jewish and Greek philosophers were introduced ... *Dawson, Christopher. Religion and the Rise of Western Culture. Image; ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- ==Ancient Greek Lyceum (word origins)== The Lyceum (Λύκειον ... lyceum is in use for secondary education (Greek: Ενιαίο Λύκειο ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- in God's covenant. It was written in Greek and currently contains 21 ... remains an open question, although the Greek-speaking territory of the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- *Gomperz, Theodor. Greek Thinkers (Eng. trans. 1905), ii. 170 seq ... Category:Ancient Greek philosophers Category:Philosophical schools ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 04:09, 9 November 2022
- Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp ... 332 B.C.E., the city was reestablished as a Greek town, called Oxyrhynchou ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- At the same time, with its roots in Vedic religion, it anticipates the development ... The Greek historian Herodotus (484–c. 425 B.C.E.) reported that ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- Metatron seems to be made up of two Greek words, after and throne, ... the divine throne" fromsunthronos, the Greek term metaturannos, which ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- iconography (and characterization) of the Greek god, Hades. ... won an important place in classical Greek religion, eventually being propagated ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- with the end of the long tradition of Greek philosophy and the beginning ... of philosophy, to mark the end of the Greek tradition of philosophy and ...10 KB (1,407 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... the (Masoretic) Hebrew and the (Septuagint) Greek manuscripts of the Book of ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- As early as the sixth century, the Greek philosopher Philoponus used ... The sixth century Greek philosopher Philoponus, presented a diagram ...8 KB (1,319 words) - 23:03, 20 November 2023
- was made between soul and spirit. The Greek word pneuma was translated ... such as the Latin spiritus and the Greek pneuma. In the Bible, God ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- Epicurus (Epikouros or Ἐπίκουρος in Greek) (341 B.C.E. – ... a departure from the other major Greek thinkers of his period, and ...19 KB (3,054 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) is the ancient Greek goddess ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion (John Raffan, trans.). Oxford: Blackwell ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- Polytheism (from the Greek: polus, many, and theos, god) refers to ... culture of moral laxity. Philosophers of religion who view religion's ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... *Harrison, Jane Ellen. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- == Epicureanism in Greek and Roman periods == Epicureanism grew in ... Theodosius I declared it the official religion of the Roman Empire in the ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- His interest in religion led him to attend Union Seminary during his ... Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophical Theology ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- Nestorius, in Greek, Νεστόριος (c. 386 – c. 451 C.E.) was ... Category:religion Category:Christianity Category:philosophy and religion ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Lacydes of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, became head of the Platonic ... *[http://www.iep.utm.edu/s/skepanci.htm Ancient Greek Skepticism] ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 04:33, 6 October 2022
- were considered pre-Socratics (or early Greek Philosophers) according to ... Among the pre-Socratics, Xenophanes made a unique contribution to ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 2022
- The Greek word kalos ("beautiful") was used in ancient Greek ... "human sensibility" (aisthesis in Greek). The concept of "sublime ...19 KB (2,937 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- nature" of Christ, expressed in Greek as "miaphysis," ... In the summer of 2001, the Coptic Orthodox and Greek Orthodox patriarchates ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 09:38, 24 November 2022
- Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. – 456 B.C.E.; Greek: Α ἰ and the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians. Like Sophocles ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- into Latin, and introducing ancient Greek texts which had only existed ... from a translation of al-Hajjaj's from Greek into Arabic. The second version ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... A modern example of hierogamy is seen in the religion of Wicca. In ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- and science, and one arrived at through religion. The main conflicts were ... causis, rather than on direct translations from the Greek. ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- Derived from the Greek grc|αιτιολογία, "giving a reason ... Humanity often searches for meaning in science, religion, or philosophy ...11 KB (1,616 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- was appointed Wilde Lecturer in Natural Religion, 1963–66; and White's ... ethics, education, and philosophy of religion. He published books of essays ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 16:05, 7 December 2022
- with the acquisition and translation of Greek and Arabic Neoplatonic texts. ... E. baptism, he wrote his treatise On True Religion and was still thinking of ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- the "Mother of God" (theotokos in Greek, literally "God-bearer ... category:philosophy and religion category:religion Category:Christianity ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 05:26, 5 April 2021
- times while paying little attention to the Greek Fathers of the Church. of St. Augustine over those of the Greek Fathers of the Church influenced ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... and tragedy has its roots in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology. ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- and practice. The word derives from the Greek language " ... generally called "synods." The Greek word "synod" ( ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- His extensive knowledge of Latin and Greek equipped him to conduct careful ... professor, Leonardo Bruni (Aretino), and Greek under Giovanni Aurispa. ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
- Amillennialism (Greek: a- "not" + Latin: mille "thousand ... only of the Catholic Church but also the Greek Orthodox Church. It is also ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía, from óligon, “few ... The word oligarchy (l´ gärk) is derived from the Greek words for ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- of the same text in these scripts and Greek. Thus, it is now possible ... The word "hieroglyph" derives from the Greek words ἱερός ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- (Daryawesh) and the ancient Greek sources call him Dareios ... as a fervent believer in the monotheistic religion of Zoroaster. He was also ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- In ancient Greek the word αναλογια (analogia) originally ... Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle actually used a wider ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- and Greek grc|-λογία , -logia) is the study of books as physical ... (British), or paleography (American) (from the Greek grc|παλαιός ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- century, new Latin translations from Greek and from Arabic commentaries ... Some words are still in their original Greek forms, others are derived ...18 KB (2,450 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- its saying: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor ... passage: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- An angel (from Greek: ἄγγελος, ángelos, meaning "messenger ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion Category: Christianity ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
- Ecclesiology comes from the Greek ἐκκλησία or assembly. It is a compound of the Greek preposition ἐκ ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:54, 11 March 2024
- He developed a fideist concept of religion, admitting skepticism while ... to prove that there is a God and a true religion, that the true religion ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- epistemology prefigured the ideas of later Greek skeptics. ... Some Cyrenaic arguments were further developed by later Greek skeptics ...9 KB (1,293 words) - 06:55, 12 January 2024
- Romanian father and a mother of French and Greek-Romanian heritage ... . Eugène's father was of the Orthodox religion. Ionesco's ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion" (6:17-22). The author ... Fight the holy and honorable fight of religion" (4 Mac 9:23). The ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- ==Ancient Greek relics== At Athens the supposed remains of Oedipus ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion Relic|157206012 ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The meaning of the word sophist (greek sophistes meaning "wise ... Their philosophy contains criticism of religion, law and ethics. Though ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- (1547 - 1628), as a compound of "on" (Greek ὤν ... in some cases perhaps predating the Greek thinkers who have become ...15 KB (2,218 words) - 00:43, 18 November 2022
- context of cultural differences between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin ... **Albanian Greek Catholic Church (apostolic administration): Albania (1628) ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Judaism, he engages skillfully with Greek science and philosophy, and ... exist in Armenian, Coptic, Georgian, Greek, and other languages. Some ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- unknown among the ancient churches of the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire ... of the Spirit differently from the Greek Fathers. They further admitted ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- 254 to August 2, 257. Of Roman birth but of Greek ancestry, he was promoted ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion Category:religious ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- a Serpent lurking in the Garden of Eden. In Greek mythology, the Serpent/Dragon ... A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion. Peter Smith Publisher ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Euclid (also referred to as Euclid of Alexandria) (Greek: ... ) (c. 325 B.C.E. – c. 265 B.C.E.), a Greek mathematician, who lived ...21 KB (2,999 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- *In an era when religion was rich in pageantry, the awesome presence ... were used as scapegoatsC.C. Martindale, Religion of Ancient Rome, Studies ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- | Greek numeral | α' |- | Roman numeral | I |- | Roman numeral ... == In religion and culture == The major monotheistic religions teach ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- the practice of giving a tithe. In English, Greek, and Hebrew, the word “tithe” ... Giving generously to the poor and to support one's religion is ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- The word coffin is derived from the Greek word kophinos meaning “basket.” In English, the word was not used in a funeral sense until the ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... *Harrison, Jane Ellen. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- II High Priest, and Diogenes of Judea, the Greek military captain who advised ... category:philosophy and religion category:religion Category:Judaism ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 14:25, 18 July 2023
- he penned some English translations of Greek verse and turned some of ... * Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, 1791 (translations from the Greek). ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- The name Anicetus is Greek for unconquered. He was a Syrian from the ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion Category:religious ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2022
- as reflected in the meanings of the Greek word, "logos." ... speculative reason was made by the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- Delphi (Greek Δελφοί ) was one of the most important religious ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Harvard University Press, 1985. ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- Eastern Orthodox Churches, as well as some Greek Catholic communities. Saint ... monasticism came to prevail throughout the Greek-speaking lands, though the ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- primary language to a second language of religion and learning, used by the ... Indo-European languages, closely related to Greek and Latin and most distantly ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek: Υπατία) (c. 370 C.E. – 415 ... The Suda, a tenth-century Byzantine Greek encyclopedia of the ancient ...11 KB (1,782 words) - 16:39, 10 February 2024
- phenomena had a long history dating back to Greek philosophy and continuing ... "Noumenon" is a borrowed Greek word meaning something & ...9 KB (1,461 words) - 22:14, 16 November 2022
- Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 122909878 ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- had broken out inside Macedonia between Greek and Bulgarian bands and the ... On August 15, 1909, the Military League a group of Greek officers ...22 KB (3,406 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- finished his studies with honors in Latin, Greek, science, and mathematics ... on one hand and metaphysics and religion on the other. Notable members ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- district surrounding the city under later Greek and Roman administrations ... the surrounding administrative district in Greek and Roman times. It was rebuilt ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 02:05, 23 December 2022
- story of Genesis 1, as well as the ancient Greek writer Hesiod's account ... Elish and the later theogony described in Greek and Roman mythology is also ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- or early Islamic philosophy are the religion of Islam itself (especially ... into Hebrew and Latin, transmitted Greek, Hindu, and other pre-Islamic ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 21:49, 8 March 2024
- An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... The last "Greek" philosophers of the revived Academy in ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- Carneades was born in Cyrene (a Greek city in North Africa) c. 214 ... in Language and Logos: Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge ...11 KB (1,736 words) - 00:29, 29 November 2023
- Magi is a transliteration of the Greek magos (μαγος pl. μαγοι ... According to the Greek writer Herodotus, the word magos was held by ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- The term charisma originates from the Greek word χάρισμα meaning ... to fall. As in the example of Islam, a religion which evolves its own priesthood ...16 KB (2,186 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- Origen (Greek: Ὠριγένης , c.185 – c.254 C.E.) was one of ... that would later become the Bible, and in Greek literature. In 202 Origen ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 01:25, 18 November 2022
- to practice a version of the ancient religion of Moses. However, when ... between the Hebrew Masoretic text, the Greek Septuagint text, and the ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- The Dacians were known as Geta (plural Getae) in Greek writings, and ... Greek and Roman chroniclers record the defeat and capture of Lysimachus ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- I (312-337), Christianity became the religion of the state. While some ... and ethical principles laid down by Greek (Pagan) philosophers. ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 21:19, 9 November 2022
- the betrayer of Jesus. Their name is a Greek variant of Judah and was ... Philippi. In all probability he spoke both Greek and Aramaic, like almost ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 06:38, 28 February 2023
- In Greek, the term huios theou was applied to both. Marcus J. Borg ... ideological landscape of ancient thought. Greek and Roman mythology contain ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- ) and are a brief glimpse of early Hebrew religion, most of the details ... used to denote the Egyptian god Thoth, the Greek god Hermes, and the Roman ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- of Giza, and excavating numerous sites of Greek origin from the Mycenaean ... introducing him to the Hebrew, Latin, and Greek languages. ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- Epiphany (Greek: επιφάνεια, "appearance" or "manifestation ... at different times in the past. Some Greek Orthodox churches and related ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- Ammonius Hermiae (c. 435/445 - 517/526 C.E.) was a Greek philosopher ... a center of Hellenic pagan learning and religion. Some students at the school ...15 KB (2,178 words) - 17:13, 26 July 2023
- Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras was adept in his teachings on the metaphysics ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- The term "Apocalypse" is from the Greek word for "revelation ... follows (10:2). The rise and fall of the Greek Empire was revealed in the ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- that when she grew up, she'd learn Greek and Hebrew so she could correct ... in the United States. Having studied Greek and Hebrew in college, she ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 02:36, 5 November 2022
- for deceased heroes). Walter Burkert, Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical ... of tremendous significance in ancient Greek religion, were used in private ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- the two Councils, as given in the original Greek language on the Web site ... phrase in the Latin text that is not in the Greek of the Councils: "Deum ...31 KB (3,964 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- cosmic order described by the Christian religion. It will lead, Nietzsche ... hanatology," derived from the Greek Theos (God) and Thanatos (death). ...12 KB (1,862 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- was written about 170 C.E., probably in Greek, although some regard it as later. ... A number of authors have been suggested as composing the original ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- the Jewish people. Judaism is not only a religion, but an agglomeration of ... of the concepts and ideas of ancient Greek philosophers to early Christian ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 03:01, 1 August 2022
- fire in warfare. Homer detailed its use by Greek commandos who hid in a wooden ... In Greek mythology, Prometheus was the Titan honored chiefly for stealing ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- In a general sense, skepticism or scepticism (Greek: skeptomai, to ... #039;s Trilemma (after the eponymous Greek Skeptic), is a philosophical ...15 KB (2,113 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches, which then became ... West was Latin, while that of the East was Greek. Soon after the fall of the ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- between the theonym gandharva and that of the Greek centaurs, ... Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion. Edited by S. Schumacher ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- ideas were greatly influenced by Greek thought, particularly that ... student who became proficient in ancient Greek by the age of twelve. Also ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- (which uses that term instead of the Greek "antichristos"). ... * Cook, David. Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature. Religion ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- as professor included both Latin and Greek, he put most of his energy ... with no place for the consolations of religion or hope. Set in a half-imaginative ...10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- the remains of the dead. Derived from the Greek tymbos, meaning "burial ... The early nineteenth century introduced the Greek Revival monuments ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical, Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion, Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Caiaphas (Greek Καϊάφας) was the Roman-appointed Jewish high ... high priests appointed by King David. Under Greek rule in the Second Temple ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- known. He was well educated, fluent in both Greek and Latin, and a learned ... claim that Orosius' lack of fluency in Greek rendered him unconvincing ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- tradition (1:3), the book's competent Greek style, and the apparent opposition ... The wording and syntax of this epistle in its original Greek demonstrates ...9 KB (1,490 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- Romanticism. His study of literature, Greek antiquity, art and philosophy ... He became especially interested in Greek antiquity, believing that ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- The last "Greek" philosophers of the revived academy in ... document in the history of freedom of religion), some members found sanctuary ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- Cycle text, describing the basis for the religion and cult of the Canaanite ... first true alphabet, when it was adopted by Greek speakers who modified some ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- introduced Latin translations of Greek and Arabic philosophical ... According to Bacon, Grosseteste knew little Greek or Hebrew and paid slight ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- he received basic education in Latin and Greek. He graduated from Barmer ... Theater, which was the first study of Greek theater construction. ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- nonetheless is viewed differently in each religion. The creature can either ... the Old Testament was translated into the Greek it meant the word "dragon ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- of the clerical profession. Some classical Greek scholarship was lost to Europe ... and republishing the classic Latin and Greek texts. He wanted to restore ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- Greek philosophers prior to Socrates are called Pre-Socratics or pre ... were considered pre-Socratics (or early Greek Philosophers) according to ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- tool in law, politics, ceremonies, and religion among other social situations ... with the young Julius Caesar) or engaged a Greek teacher (under pay or as a slave). ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- a variety of topics including philosophy, religion, grammar and philology, ... Porphyry also wrote widely on astrology, religion, philosophy, and ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... area. Mark uses Latin versions of Greek words in 6:27, 7:4, 12:42 ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- A catechism (κατηχητικός in Greek) is a summary or exposition ... Borrowed from the Greek, the term catechesis (meaning "to make ...21 KB (3,269 words) - 17:53, 30 November 2023
- some respects from traditional or Homeric Greek epic, though Apollonius certainly ... trend to allegorize and rationalize religion. Heterosexual loves such ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 15:46, 11 August 2023
- first in importance. Ichthus (ΙΧΘΥΣ, Greek for fish) is an acronym, ... ), Greek for Jesus. * Chi is the first letter of Christos ( ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- (Sahidic). This word is in turn derived from the Greek word ... The Greek term for "Egypt" has a long history. It goes back ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- Ptolemy I Soter (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ ... library, sadly destroyed. The synthesis of Greek and Egyptian customs, beliefs ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- *In the Greek alphabet, ε (epsilon) has numerical value of 5. ... ==In religion == === Judaism === *The Torah contains five books: Genesis ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- Ancient Greek philosophers conducted their study of the natural world ... or private patrons, and the strongest Greek influence was from medical ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- 325 and 330 to an educated family of Greek descent, possibly in Antioch ... He was "a former soldier and a Greek" ut miles quondam et graecus ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- a person went by both a Hebrew name and a Greek name. The later Christian ... probably did not write it. It appears that Greek, not Hebrew or Aramaic, was ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- will (“he is beloved by Destiny”) as in Greek mythology, or that of some ... dispensing fate known as Moirae in Greek mythology, Parcae in Roman ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- #039;s time, Rome celebrated the Mass in Greek, and he may have been the ... Chronicon, ad an. Abr. 2209). Prior to him, Greek was the nearly universal ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- was in theology and the philosophy of religion. In 1916, he contributed ... of the forms of experience: Art, religion, science, history, and philosophy ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- Mass: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1980. ISBN 0914744488 ... Category:philosophy and religion 123696259 ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- simply means "fiftieth" from the Greek, Πεντηκοστή. The ... number fifty days (Hebrew: hamishshim yom; Greek: πεντήκοντα ‘ημέρας ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- , also called Saint Basil the Great (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος ... In Greek tradition, Basil's name is given to Father Christmas ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 03:31, 1 January 2022
- Successor" or "diadochos" (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος ... His works influenced later Christian (Greek and Latin), Islamic, and ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- Paradigm, (Greek:παράδειγμα (paradigma), composite from ... in a given discipline. The original Greek term "paradeigma" ...16 KB (2,327 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- A state religion (also called an official religion, established church ... or creed designated as a state religion can vary. It can range from ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- blasfemen, which in turn is related to the Greek blasphemein, from blaptein ... In modern times with the advent of freedom of speech and religion ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- Books IV-X were found in 1842 by the Greek Minoides Mynas, without the ... whose name means "loose horse" in Greek, had been dragged to death ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- Rome and Constantinople, reuniting the Greek and Latin churches after ... by the results, for the Catholic religion has been preserved ever ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2022
- Apocrypha (from the Greek: ἀπόκρυφα , meaning "hidden" ... in the New Testament are taken from the Greek Septuagint, which is the ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- By the time Christianity became the favored religion of the Roman ... Novatianum of Augustine of Hippo. In the Greek East they are mentioned by ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist, a Greek word (eucharistia) which ... * [https://www.freeart.com/gallery/religion/lastsupper.html The Last ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 15:39, 30 April 2023
- defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's ... administration, military arts, war, and religion ever produced. Archaeologically ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... settle elsewhere during the periods of the Greek and Roman empires. Major ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- Elisha was a student of Greek; as the Talmud expresses it, "Acher ... Elisha abandoned any form of Jewish religion. In his book, The Sinner ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 09:06, 30 December 2021
- extant Latin version is a translation from Greek, with the Greek itself probably ... The book predicts that true religion will next be persecuted by a ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 05:06, 18 August 2023
- Calligraphy (from the Greek meaning κάλλος kallos "beauty" + ... Tibet has been a center of Buddhism, a religion that places a great deal ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Ugaritic her name appears as ‘nt and in Greek as Αναθ (transliterated ... is also associated with several deities of Greek and Roman mythology, especially ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- Zoroaster (Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathushtra ... and the founder of Zoroastrianism, a religion that was the national religion ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- by Constantine I on the site of an earlier Greek city, it later served as ... their unique mark in architecture, religion, culture, and government. ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- texts and the writings of the Latin and Greek Church Fathers, their scriptoria ... Romanesque sculpture is influenced strongly by Greek sculpture. While ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 04:56, 16 December 2022
- "Tetragrammaton" derives from the Greek prefix tetra- ("four ... the sacred high places of early Israelite religion such as Bethel, Mount Carmel ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- countryside," cognate to Greek πάγος "rocky hill ... the Latin paganus or for resemblance to the Greek ethne, or may in fact be ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- #039;s name in Assyrian was Udumi; in Greek, Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía ... of Idumaea"; whether he was a Greek or a Hellenized Edomite is ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism. He ... *Patrick, Sextus Empiricus and the Greek Sceptics (1899). (The last ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 10:12, 26 January 2023
- used in this wider sense to translate both Greek and Hebrew words that referred ... In the New Testament, the word translates Greek terms for peoples in general ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- the temple of Delphi, and in the ideas of Greek philosophers such as Socrates ... According to the principle of the Golden Mean in ancient Greek philosophy ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- believed that Christ was indeed one person (Greek: prosopon). ... see in China in 411). In China, the religion was known as Jingjiao (景教 ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... are Mercurius in Roman mythology, Hermes in Greek mythology, Eshu in Yoruba ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- generations. Due to his abhorrence of religion, he tried to explain the ... of the other members. Clifford studied Greek, German, Spanish, French ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- It is perhaps misleading to speak of "Greek religion." In ... understanding. Such variety in Greek religion reflects the long, complicated ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- short time, Isidore mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is not known ... nation, using the resources of religion and education. He succeeded ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- Among the finds is a large mosaic with a Greek inscription stating ... Category:religion category:World Heritage Sites category:archaeological ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- served as a priest to the Roman state religion, yet generally accommodated ... == Administration and Policy towards Religion == Marcus Aurelius was ...16 KB (2,530 words) - 03:10, 6 November 2022
- what he interprets as Egyptian and Greek pagan influences on the design ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion Menorah|102451370 ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- and acquired familiarity with Latin, Greek, Dutch, and French. Interestingly ... #039;s guarantees of non-establishment of religion and of freedom to choose ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- there was some dispute about whether the Greek text was an original Christian ... The Greek language text was known to, and quoted by nearly all, Church ...29 KB (4,679 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- aretê are two central concepts in ancient Greek ethics. Eudaimonia, which ... eudaimonism is to remember ancient Greek ethics' understanding ...33 KB (5,174 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- Born of the Davidic lineage, her name is a Greek rendering of the Hebrew Hannah ... early as the fourth century. A canon in the Greek Office of Saint Anne was ...16 KB (2,499 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- but continued to honor and respect the religion of the majority of Roman ... and "cultivated man" who admired Greek learning and was probably ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- Gandhara became renowned for its fusion of Greek and Buddhist culture, which ... became a Buddhist and promoted this religion in his empire. He built ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- The name Cyrus is a Latin transliteration of the Greek language, which ... Mazares marched his troops into the Greek country and captured the ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
- convinced that ties of family and of religion would secure peace and prosperity ... "the head of the Russian Church was a Greek" appointed from Constantinople ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- ==In religion, mythology and fiction== In religion, mythology, and fiction, human or anthropomorphic characters ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- have been featured in prominent works of religion and literature, such as ... locusts" in imitation of the Greek pseud(o)acris, a scientific ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- times that Latin is not as well suited as Greek for the expression of philosophical ... sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Greek concept of atomism and the ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 02:28, 5 November 2022
- of art and especially the philosophy of religion of his last period. Thus ... of the previous work, Philosophie und Religion. Schelling began to express ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 06:43, 15 April 2024
- important position in the ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians ... of the rex (king) in all matters of religion. The collegium was headed ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- The word deacon is derived from the Greek word diakonos (διάκονος ... in the case of a priest or bishop. In the Greek practice, a deacon wears ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, theogonia=the birth of Gods) is ... Although the text is often used as a sourcebook for Greek mythology ...19 KB (3,043 words) - 18:20, 30 April 2023
- Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek: {Polytonic|Διονύσιος ὁ ... Category:Philosophy and religion Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite|62676297 ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 08:24, 2 December 2022
- Synthesis (from ancient Greek σύνθεσις , σύν (with) and ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:philosophy 109034607 ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- the importance of spiritual knowledge (Greek: gnosis) and was found among ... " The words "Didymos" (Greek) and "Thomas" ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- quot; or "representation" in Greek. Both Plato and Aristotle ... Both Plato and Aristotle saw, in mimesis (Greek μίμησις), the ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- quot; or "scepticism" (Greek: skeptomai, to look about ... Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and a number of other critics of religion ...14 KB (2,132 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- In Judaism, a Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין; Greek: συνέδριον, ... Jewish tradition proposes non-Greek derivations of the term Sanhedrin ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- many Egyptian practices, such as their religion and the practice of building ... 2003) J.R. Morgan and Richard Stoneman. Greek Fiction: The Greek Novel ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- temple with cult image.Walter Burkert. Greek Religion. (Harvard University ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Harvard University Press, 1985 ISBN ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- was coined by Thomas More from the Greek words ou (no or not), and ... The term “Utopia” was coined by Thomas More from the Greek words ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- The word axiom comes from the Greek word (axios), meaning worthy. Among the ancient Greek philosophers an axiom was ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 07:20, 23 August 2023
- (Δρυΐδαι) are found on the works of Greek writers such as Sotion of ... Greek and Latin "druides" bear comparison with Old Irish ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- and mystic, who wrote on politics, religion, philosophy and Christian ... entered Winchester School, where he studied Greek and Latin literature. He ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. In social anthropology, polygyny ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- Faith (from Greek-pistis and Latin-fides) refers to confidence, trust ... which has been called a "pseudo-religion." They believe that ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- text exists in two versions, one Koine Greek, another Ethiopic. The two ... The Apocalypse of Peter (Greek version) is framed as a vision granted ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- causes such as the actions of the Greek gods. Jonathan Barnes's ... of legal restrictions on the teaching of religion in U.S. schools, and more ...17 KB (2,419 words) - 15:22, 11 November 2022
- of Ben Sira's Book of Wisdom, the Greek version of which had been ... The geniza also contained copies of Greek translations of the Bible ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- ("Proverbs of Solomon"). The Greek and Latin vulgate translations ... suggests the period when the Jews came under Greek influence. ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- Antinomianism (from the Greek: αντι, "against" + νομος ... In Islam, Sharia (شريعة) (law) applies not only to religion, ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- In ancient Greek philosophy, both Plato and Aristotle refer to the ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion Category:Theology ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- the development of an “inner religion” in every person through ... his open-minded and rational approach to religion and daily life, and because ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- For example, when Aristotle's ancient Greek texts were translated into ... Furthermore, the concept of truth in religion and science are considerably ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- and the fingers do not touch. In the Indo-Greek style of Gandhāra the clenched ... Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion, Boston: Shambhala, 1994 ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- , Zərubbāvel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the leader ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion category:Judaism ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- | hexa-/hex- (from Greek) sexa-/sex- (from Latin) |- | Binary ... Hexa is Greek for "six." Thus: * A hexahedron is a polyhedron ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- The etymological origins of the word (in Greek διά (diá,through) ... form. As the greatest of all masters of Greek prose style, Plato lifted ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- In later Babylonian religion, Enlil was replaced by Marduk as the ... rejected the polytheism of Babylonian religion, certain stories involving ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- In Christianity, an Apostle (Greek: Ἀπόστολος apostolos: ... The word apostle comes from the Greek term ἀπόστολος ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- population, were tribes known to ancient Greek writers as the Elymians, ... Smith, and Duggan, 1987, 6. Other important Greek colonies were Gela, Acragas ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- rejected the notion that the study of Greek and Latin must precede the ... In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- boys established at Port Royal, and taught Greek to young Jean Racine, the ... Category:Philosophy and religion 76754758 This entry draws upon the ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 05:25, 24 November 2022
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical, Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- | ennea- (from Greek) nona- (from Latin) |- | Binary | 1001 ... * A 9-pointed star is used to symbolize the Bahá'í religion. ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- Amun (also spelled Amon, Amen; Greek: Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων ... The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- " or painting, and comes from the Greek εικον (image) and γραφειν ... from Roman Imperial imagery, classical Greek and Roman religion and popular ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- The Pentateuch (from Greek: Πεντετεύχως [meaning "five ... The Pentateuch was translated from Hebrew into Greek as part of the ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- Justinian I (Latin: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus, Greek: Ιουστ ... of the Christianity as the state religion, instigating persecution ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- of African peoples have shown that their religion is inseparable from their ... made significant contributions to Greek, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- He is also known for making Christianity the official state religion ... as the only legitimate imperial religion, ending state support for ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- of some mythical figures, such as the Greek goddesses Athena, Artemis ... take a variety of stances on the role of religion in the pledge: Some use ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- In later Mesopotamian religion, many of Ninhursag's own characteristics ... Category:religion category:literature category:Archaeology ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- Tartarus (Greek: meaning "underworld of darkness") is mentioned ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 152031262 ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- indwelling" (perichoresis in Greek and circumincessio or circuminsessio ... The Greek term used for the Christian Trinity, "Τριάς," ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 17:40, 2 May 2023
- The word "orthodox" itself is derived from the Greek orthos ... as a major denomination within modern religion of Judaism generally, Orthodox ...17 KB (2,525 words) - 02:20, 18 November 2022
- a c. 1550 B.C.E. stool from Thebes. Ancient Greek furniture design beginning ... diverse history, and its architecture, religion, furniture and culture in ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 07:22, 15 April 2024
- borrowing from the austerity of classic Greek drama, opened the way for ... La Lucha de Clases. He assumed the chair of Greek at the University of Salamanca ...16 KB (2,413 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- Mythology (from the Greek μῦθος (mythos), meaning a narrative ... superficially associated […] with religion or the supernatural," ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- works are probably all translations from Greek. Scholars generally propose ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 64199955 ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- et Bonis Artibus (Latin: "For Religion and Culture") ... to the already existing chairs in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. With the university ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 16:14, 17 January 2014
- opportunity for realizing the goal of religion in concrete life. For this ... that ways had to be sought to show how religion was a necessary dimension ...22 KB (3,350 words) - 01:34, 23 November 2022
- might derive from the direct descendants of Greek settlers, or of members of ... Indeed, it is well known that Greek-speaking peoples and Greek Kingdoms ...33 KB (5,092 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- was associated with the star Hesperus, the Greek name for the planet Venus ... on an entirely different meaning when the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- by differences in shades of meaning between Greek and Latin, but Eutyches was ... According to some ancient Greek collections, two additional canons ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- and brought with them strong opinions on religion and a belief in the value ... in the next generation. He believed religion and education to be interrelated ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- history. Ashoka claims to have won several Greek kings of the third century ... script, one extract of Edict 13 in the Greek language, and one bilingual ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- quot; (Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, New and Enlarged Edition, 596). implications of this approach for ethics, religion, and politics. August Comte ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- Two Greek fragments of the Gospel of Mary were discovered (Papyrus ... A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts. London; New ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- Christianity became the favored religion of the Roman emperor, after ... in the East and has been preserved in Greek, Syriac, and Latin in an ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- ==Flies in mythology, religion, and culture== In traditional Navajo religion, Big Fly is an important spirit being ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 09:43, 10 November 2023
- Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, translated by J. Raffan, (Cambridge ... *Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. J. Raffan, trans. Cambridge, MA: ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- target of the theory of value, or axiology (Greek: axios = worth; logos = study ... adhered to by well-known people such as Greek skeptic philosopher Sextus ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 02:48, 16 November 2022
- century, its roots extend back to Greek, Roman, and Islamic sources ... ===Plants in religion and ritual=== [[Image:Urarina_shaman_B_Dean.jpg ...15 KB (2,113 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- topic have concerned various schools of religion. The disagreement many Christians ... The word predestination is translated from the Greek verb proorizo ...26 KB (4,098 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- honoured with all the public solemnities of religion." ... Philippians, a mosaic of references to the Greek Scriptures meant to bolster ...21 KB (3,429 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek ... Times. Islam, in their view, is the false religion and of the Antichrist, otherwise ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- The English word "axiology" (Greek: axios = worth; logos ... Axiology (from Greek ἀξίᾱ (axiā) translated as "value ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 07:20, 23 August 2023
- or sacred figure or event. Originally, in Greek, "eikon" denoted ... Kremlin in company with Theophanes the Greek and Prokhor of Gorodets. ...14 KB (2,018 words) - 20:09, 26 July 2023
- Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history ... many examples of the importance that religion played in prehistoric life ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Jewish liturgical services. The union of religion, nationalism, and patriotism ... The remarkable, and apparently indissoluble, union of religion, nationalism ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- and business, health and medicine, religion, mass media, transportation ... *Lampe, G.W.H., and H.G. Liddell. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford: ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- Animist thought, Tylor proposed, was religion in its most inchoate form ... "heathens") do in fact have religion. Despite this progressive ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- The word atomism derives from the ancient Greek word atomos, which means ... atoms. This was the case for the Greek theories of atomism. Indian ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- the first century C.E., following the Greek invasion of northwestern ... The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- be built. The word became assimilated into Greek around this time as Mausōleion ... or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (in Greek, Μαυσωλεῖον Ἁλικα ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- works; since Averroes did not know Greek, he used an imperfect Arab ... === Religion and Philosophy === In his work Fasl al-Maqāl (translated ...19 KB (2,761 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- The English word eunuch is from the Greek eune ("bed") and ... Among the earliest records of human religion are accounts of castration ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- In a general sense, skepticism or scepticism (Greek: skeptomai, to ... linked to a pessimistic attitude. Ancient Greek skeptics associated skepticism ...31 KB (4,697 words) - 22:44, 29 January 2023
- For instance, Indra resembled the supreme Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter ... of the waters"), which resulted in the Greek gods Triptolemos and Dionysos ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- Patriarchy (from Greek: Patria meaning father and arché meaning rule ... Patriarchy (from Greek: patria meaning father and arché meaning rule ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- thumb|200px|Personification of wisdom (in [[Greek Language|Greek]], "Σοφια ... Category:philosophy and religion 143752896 ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 23:18, 17 May 2023
- He is also said to have been familiar with Greek literature: "These places ... the Aksumites practiced a polytheistic religion not unlike the Greek’s ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- biblicus. He became versed in the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin languages ... * Brekke, Torkel. Religion og Vold. Oslo : Humanist Forlag, 1999 ISBN ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- state's policy against the Christian religion, he earned the title of ... which only gives the pope's name in Greek: LOUKIS. ...11 KB (1,673 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- religious community whose traditional religion is said to have begun as ... ad-Darazi, one of the first preachers of the religion. The Druze religion ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- The library holds about 5,000 Greek manuscripts, which are divided ... Ages. The disruptions of the Wars of Religion inspired Charles IX to create ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- | Greek numeral | β' |- | Roman numeral | II |- | Roman numeral ... ==In religion, philosophy, and culture== right|ICS Pennant Two.svg ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- The term monism (from the Greek: μόνος monos or "one" ... especially in the mainstream culture and religion in the West. ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- tenth century. The kingdom adopted the religion of Christianity in the fourth ... also quarreled with Islamic groups over religion. Eventually the people of ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- a thousand years, until 393 C.E.. The Greek games were one of the splendors ... Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ... became Hōr. It was later Hellenized into Greek as " ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- Religion scholar Jeffrey Kripal wrote, "Migdal was a fishing ... Magdalene survives in two third century Greek fragments and a longer fifth ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- of Kos (ca. 460 B.C.E. – ca. 370 B.C.E.) Greek: Ἱπποκράτης Hippokrátēs, was an ancient Greek physician of the "Age of ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- make a distinction between philosophy and religion, and gave precedence to ... make a distinction between philosophy and religion. Claiming that reason, based ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- point that the Hellenization of Egyptian religion began. While some scholars ... The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- of Thomas that survive are in Syriac and Greek, and there are many surviving ... is apparently crafted along the lines of Greek romances, complete with tantalizing ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- as "virgin." Matthew, writing in Greek about the virgin birth of ... The Septuagint's Greek term παρθένος (parthenos) is considered ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- The Serbian apogee in economy, law, military, and religion took place ... years there (1314–1320). There he learned Greek, gained an understanding ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 05:59, 5 October 2022
- of Christian doctrine, to return to the religion of the earliest church, ... He held that Christian doctrine and Greek philosophy were closely intermingled ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- ' This was particularly true during Greek, Roman, Persian, and Byzantine ... outward physical characteristics, race or religion. A related ideology, Pan ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- Magic is thus distinguished both from religion and science: From religion ... of the Medes. In the Hellenistic period, Greek μάγος (magos) could ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- or Mysteries of Mithras, was a mystery religion practiced in the Roman Empire ... The term 'mysteries' does not imply that the religion was ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- Ecumenism (from the Greek οἰκουμένη meaning "the inhabited ... sections of mainline Protestant churches. Greek Old Calendarists claim that ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- inter-communal violence between the islands Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots ... island between a Turkish Cypriot north and Greek Cypriot south. In the aftermath ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- as a form of deontological ethics (from the Greek deon, meaning "obligation ... may have a (legal) right to insult religion under the right of freedom ...18 KB (2,926 words) - 05:37, 20 December 2022
- #039;), also known as Elias (New Testament Greek: Hλίας), was a ninth ... criticizing his public conversion to the religion of Baal. In response, Elijah ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- mythology may have influenced later Greek myths. The writings are thought ... equates Ēl-Creator-of-the-Earth with the Greek god Poseidon. Earlier, a ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- notion of Heaven. Instead, Asgard, like the Greek Mount Olympus, was seen as ... the city of the gods with the Troy of Greek mythology: : Next they ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- exists in at least three versions, two in Greek and one in Latin. It may ... The name "Agnes" is derived from the feminine Greek adjective ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, ... to be practicable." His knowledge of Greek suggests that he was referring ...24 KB (3,679 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- it is left to the members of a religion to decide what is considered ... canons. The word "Canon" from Greek kanon "rule" (perhaps ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- myths have been noted by mythologists and religion scholars, often interpreted ... In Greek mythology, the serpent-titan Typhon battled the storm god ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- as founder and prophet of a new "religion of humanity," in which ... of Aristotle or any other ancient Greek philosopher. For Comte, metaphysics ...22 KB (3,359 words) - 19:00, 21 August 2023
- might also be speaking through their religion. Europe continued to mourn ... emphasizing its strategic position. The Greek name of the fortress, Laimokopia ...20 KB (3,140 words) - 17:55, 16 May 2020
- achievements. She spoke on "What is Religion" as a featured speaker ... published narrative of experiences in the Greek War of Independence. When ...13 KB (2,162 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- Antinomy (Greek αντι-, against, plus νομος, law) literally ... category:Philosophy and religion Category:philosophy 78704345 ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 06:35, 31 July 2023
- Plotinus (Greek: Πλωτίνος)(ca. 205–270), the ancient philosopher ... Category:Philosophy and religion 64039821 ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- methodology of interpretation. In ancient Greek, the skill or technique of ... are classified into three basic types: religion, literature, and metaphysics. ...17 KB (2,371 words) - 19:48, 23 November 2022
- The term phrenology comes from a combination of the Greek words φρήν ... characteristics with parts of the body: the Greek philosopher Aristotle attempted ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 05:06, 24 November 2022
- seem to have adopted Canaanite religion to a great degree, including ... for captain, seren, may be related to the Greek word tyrannos (which, however ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- Comparison between Indian and Greek cosmology] Category: Philosophy and religion Category: religion Samkhya|81847562 ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 02:13, 23 December 2022
- to the heart" and comes from the Greek καρδία, kardia, for "heart" (AHSMD 2004). Cardiovascular disease refers to the class ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- of knowledge, economics, anthropology, religion, aesthetics, theories of ... philosophy has its origins in ancient Greek society, when city-states ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- prestigious and authoritative oracle in the Greek world. religious institutions of the classical Greek world. Writers who mention ...24 KB (3,809 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- and it is a recurring theme in the works of Greek Orthodox theologians. ... Category:Philosophy and religion Category:Religion Category:Christianity ...11 KB (1,770 words) - 06:58, 21 April 2023
- of faith in revealed or institutional religion. ===Kant's definition ... it, and illustrated this point using the Greek myth, The Odyssey. For Adorno ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- for this was not, he claims, a matter of religion. He suggests that the Hellenists ... The Great Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין; Greek: συνέδριον ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- catholic epistles in modern editions. Most Greek manuscripts place the general ... of organization is descending length of the Greek text, but keeping the three ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- and creative. He introduced dozens of Greek, Latin, and Italian loan ... of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century: The Religion of Rabelais Cambridge: Harvard ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- Christian faith became the official religion of the Roman state. ... 380), which proclaimed the official religion of the Roman State to be ...13 KB (2,066 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2024
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University ... * Turville-Petre, Gabriel. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
