Sentences with phrase «influenced by the pagan»

It is a mistranslation, perhaps deliberately influenced by pagans such as Dante.

Many of the early «Church Fathers» were highly influenced by the pagan Greek ideas of Plato and Aristotle, who taught the immortal soul idea.

1:26 ¯ 27; 2:14 - 15) and was clearly influenced by pagan Stoicism (Acts 17:16 ¯ 29; Phil.

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Familiarity with stories of cures by similar methods in Jewish and pagan literature may have influenced the tradition of this miracle, so different from Jesus» usual practice in the Synoptic narratives.

In the years when fresh invasions were sweeping new waves of pagans in destructive raids into nominally Christian areas and Arabs were bringing about half of what had been Christendom under the sway of the Crescent, Christianity was recouping some of its losses by conversions in that very Mediterranean Basin and on the borders of what had been the Roman Empire among peoples which until then had been largely on entirely outside its influence.

Their apocalyptic vision promised a new era of German world domination under the leadership of wise pagan priests — an empire of light, inhabited by noblemen, which would be cleansed of all Judeo - Christian influence.

In Paul's letter to Christians at Corinth, all discussion of sexual ethics occurs in the context of concern that Christians should not be influenced by the scandalous conduct of the pagans.

After all, they were prevalent enough among many pagans in earliest Christian times and it was natural for Christian thinkers as well as simple Christian believers to be influenced by them.

The organic, free flowing Spirit led communities were replaced by a hierarchical, Greco Roman inspired, Pagan influenced organized religion.

Looking to Brazilian folklore and Baroque religious imagery, as well as Alchemical and Pagan symbols, Stephan has created his own unique language and style which embraces his influences and lets them evolve naturally into his own autobiographical work by combining them with his roots in urban art and Pop culture.