Sentences with phrase «used by pagan»

After the revolution and Somoza's assassination, the prison was abandoned and used by pagan groups as a sacred ritual site.

In any case, almost all symbols (stars, eggs, even crosses) have, at some time, been used by pagans.

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Have the souls of Christianity and the tutelary spirits of wind, water and sacred grove once invoked by pagan Greece and Rome come back as software and information, which never diminish however often they are used?

There can be no doubt that what he takes over in his letter from a great philosophical tradition and from other pagan sources is included by him in this comprehensive concept of divine paideia, for if it were not so, he could not have used it for his purpose in order to convince the people of Corinth of the truth of his teachings.»

The use of force against those who did not share the Christian faith, be they pagan, Muslim or Jewish, was taken for granted by almost all Christians at the time.

The formal letter contained the restriction of eating any food offered to idols - that is, meat put on the market by pagan priests after they had used it in their sacrifices.

Pagan customs and Greek mythology have long been used by so called Christians.

If our current traditions are not allowing us to do these things, we should find something else that will, either by approaching the issue with some inspired creativity, or finding a current pagan practice that we can redeem for church use.

The word «Pagan» (which can translate as «common» or «provincial») was originally used (in the religious sense) to refer to the practices of peasents or commoners that were not supported by the early catholic church.

Jeremy i agree with what you have written many of the traditions in the church have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about having a good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz

In choosing to use a star to direct the wise men to Jesus, God was already hinting that even these pagan astrologers would be blessed by the birth of His Son.

However, many of the party leaders, like Hans Schemm, and Otto Wagner, were far from happy about the use of Hitler Youth events to stage Pagan rituals so they complained to Hitler who ridiculed the youthful paganism by saying: «All that rubbish about the Thing places, the solstice festivals, the Midgard snake.»

She and her daughter Judith developed a fascination with the way Christmas was used by the atheist Nazis, who tried to turn it into a pagan winter solstice celebration.»

Religions are idolatry, and pagan, controlling, and used for profit, and gain by man, prophesied in the book of Daniel 1 - 11 of the governments, and of religions that will, and are ruling over many then, and now today.

Lots of things that were once pagan have been co-opted by Christians and used for worship; the most obvious examples being Christmas and Easter.

By using a pagan example of sins, he could then go on to say, in effect — GOTCHA!

34 The apologetic motif is stressed by B. LeRoy Burkhart in «The Rise of the Christian Priesthood,» Journal of Religion, XXII (1942), 187:»... under the necessity of meeting pagan criticism Christian leaders brought back into use the ancient terminology of religion.»