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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125940" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43247" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43247" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Paganism]]). </p> | <p> (See [[Paganism]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74373" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74373" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> As defined by Carlyle, "plurality of gods, mere sensuous representation of the [[Mystery]] of Life, and for chief recognised element therein [[Physical]] Force, as contrasted with Christianism, or [[Faith]] in an Invisible, not as real only, but as the only reality; Time, through every meanest moment of it, resting on Eternity; [[Pagan]] empire of [[Force]] displaced by a nobler supremacy, that of Holiness." </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_125940"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/heathenism Heathenism from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_43247"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/heathenism Heathenism from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_43247"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/heathenism Heathenism from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
