paganization

In [[1743]], German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonski argued Christmas was placed on December 25 to correspond with the Roman solar holiday '' [[Dies Natalis Solis Invicti]] '' and was therefore a "paganization" that debased the true church.

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Acts 19:19Although Sri Aurobindo is little known, and never made an effort to gather a following, he is thought to have been a major, low-profile, behind-the-scenes influence in the paganization of the West, and the occult revival in this country that began in the late 50's.

False Religion Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

Acts 19:19Although Sri Aurobindo is little known, and never made an effort to gather a following, he is thought to have been a major, low-profile, behind-the-scenes influence in the paganization of the West, and the occult revival in this country that began in the late 50's.

Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

How does this process of “paganization” affect reli - gion itself?

Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN SEZNEC 1968

Instead it resulted in something of a paganization of religion, with the result that the Papacy and the Italian Church probably reached their lowest religious levels at about the time the great religious agitation took place in northern lands.

The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Ellwood Patterson Cubberley 1904

We may read with advantage the remarks made by Bishop Newton on this paganization of Christianity.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

Let us pause here a moment, and see, in anticipation, to what a depth of intellectual degradation this policy of paganization eventually led.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

As centuries passed, the paganization became more and more complete.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

In the paganization of religion, now in all directions taking place, it became the interest of every bishop to procure an adoption of the ideas which, time out of mind, had been current in the community under his charge.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

The old forms of the one were vivified by the new spirit of the other, and that paganization to which reference has already been made was the result.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881