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Paganism: Christianity's True Origin

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781718006898
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Paganism: Christianity's True Origin written by Edward Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a strong similarity of the first ancient pagan legends and beliefs with Christian traditions that it drew attention and of the early Christian founders. They felt no doubt about the similarity, but not knowing how to explain it fell back upon the innocent theory that the Devil-- in order to confound the Christians-- had, CENTURIES BEFORE, caused the pagans to adopt certain beliefs and practices. Every divinity in the Pantheon was an impersonation of the Sun--unless indeed (if feminine) of the Moon. Apollo was a sungod, of course; Hercules was a sungod; Samson was a sungod; Indra and Krishna, and even Christ, the same. C. F. Dupuis in France (Origine de tous les Cultes, 1795), F. Nork in Germany (Biblische Mythologie, 1842), Richard Taylor in England (The Devil's Pulpit, (1) 1830), were among the first in modern times to put forward this view. Could it be that the Devil himself planted these concepts of divinity in every culture, in ever era to intentionally mock The Messiah or Christ? Or is this an act entirely beyond his scope- and possibly left to the collective psychology of man? Watch, see; you be the judge.

Pagan Christianity?

Author : Frank Viola
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414341652
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Pagan Christianity? written by Frank Viola and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence and extensive footnotes that document the origins of modern Christian church practices. In the process, the authors uncover the problems that emerge when the church functions more like a business organization than the living organism it was created to be. As you reconsider Christ's revolutionary plan for his church—to be the head of a fully functioning body in which all believers play an active role—you'll be challenged to decide whether you can ever do church the same way again.

How Christianity Grew Out of Paganism

Author : Joseph McCabe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258873523
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book How Christianity Grew Out of Paganism written by Joseph McCabe and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

The Jesus Mysteries

Author : Timothy Freke
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0676806570
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Jesus Mysteries written by Timothy Freke and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2001-12-18 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the cutting edge of modern scholarship, this astonishing book completely undermines the traditional history of Christianity that has been perpetuated for centuries by the Church and presents overwhelming evidence that the Jesus of the New Testament is a mythical figure. “Whether you conclude that this book is the most alarming heresy of the millennium or the mother of all revelations, The Jesus Mysteries deserves to be read.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram Far from being eyewitness accounts, as is traditionally held, the Gospels are actually Jewish adaptations of ancient Pagan myths of the dying and resurrecting godman Osiris-Dionysus. The supernatural story of Jesus is not the history of a miraculous Messiah but a carefully crafted spiritual allegory designed to guide initiates on a journey of mystical discovery. A little more than a century ago, most people believed that the strange story of Adam and Eve was history; today it is understood to be a myth. Within a few decades, authors Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy argue, we will likewise be amazed that the fabulous story of God incarnate—who was born of a virgin, who turned water into wine, and who rose from the dead—could have been interpreted as anything but a profound parable.

Pagan & Christian Creeds

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher : NuVision Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pagan & Christian Creeds written by Edward Carpenter and published by NuVision Publications, LLC. This book was released on 1920 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays was Carpenter's attempt to make an objective comparison between the origins and practices of pagan religions and Christianity.

Pagan and Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528767950
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Pagan and Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning written by Edward Carpenter and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1921, this vintage book looks at paganism and Christianity, exploring their various connections and analysing where these similarities came from and what they mean. Edward Carpenter (1844 – 1929) was an English philosopher, poet, and pioneering activist for gay rights. He had many notable friends including the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore and celebrated American poet Walt Whitman; and also corresponded with many famous figures, including Jack London, Mahatma Gandhi and Annie Besant, amongst others. Contents include: “Solar Myths and Christian Festivals”, “The Symbolism of the Zodiac”, “Totem-Sacraments and Eucharists”, “Food and Vegetation Magic”, “Magicians, Kings and Gods”, “Rites of Expiation and Redemption”, “Pagan Initiations and the Second Birth”, “Myth of the Golden Age”, “The Savior-god and the Virgin-mother”, “Ritual Dancing”, “The Sex-Taboo”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

The Paganism in Our Christianity

Author : Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Paganism in Our Christianity written by Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pagan and Christian Creeds

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Pagan and Christian Creeds written by Edward Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart-as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms; and moreover (in this country at any rate) has managed to persuade the general public of its own divine uniqueness to such a degree that few people, even nowadays, realize that it has sprung from just the same root as Paganism, and that it shares by far the most part of its doctrines and rites with the latter. Till quite lately it was thought (in Britain) that only secularists and unfashionable people took any interest in sungods; and while it was true that learned professors might point to a belief in Magic as one of the first sources of Religion, it was easy in reply to say that this obviously had nothing to do with Christianity! The Secularists, too, rather spoilt their case by assuming, in their wrath against the Church, that all priests since the beginning of the world have been frauds and charlatans, and that all the rites of religion were merely devil's devices invented by them for the purpose of preying upon the superstitions of the ignorant, to their own enrichment. They (the Secularists) overleaped themselves by grossly exaggerating a thing that no doubt is partially true.Thus the subject of religious origins is somewhat complex, and yields many aspects for consideration. It is only, I think, by keeping a broad course and admitting contributions to the truth from various sides, that valuable results can be obtained. It is absurd to suppose that in this or any other science neat systems can be found which will cover all the facts. Nature and History do not deal in such things, or supply them for a sop to Man's vanity.

Pagan and Christian Creeds

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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The Pagan Background of Early Christianity

Author : William Reginald Halliday
Publisher : Health Research Books
ISBN 13 : 9780787304164
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Pagan Background of Early Christianity written by William Reginald Halliday and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1925 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1925 Contents: Preface; Introductory; Administration, Municipalities, Guilds; Communications; society and Social Ethics; Eastern and Western Elements in Graeco-Roman Civilisation; the Decline of Rationalism; Union with God and the Immortality of.

Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modern Paganism

Author : Kathryn Rountree
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137562005
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modern Paganism by : Kathryn Rountree

Download or read book Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modern Paganism written by Kathryn Rountree and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how Pagans negotiate local and global tensions as they craft their identities, both as members of local communities and as cosmopolitan “citizens of the world.” Based on cutting edge international case studies from Pagan communities in the United States, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Malta, it considers how modern Pagans negotiate tensions between the particular and universal, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, ethnicity, and world citizenship. The burgeoning of modern Paganisms in recent decades has proceeded alongside growing globalization and human mobility, ubiquitous Internet use, a mounting environmental crisis, the re-valuing of indigenous religions, and new political configurations. Cosmopolitanism and nationalism have both influenced the weaving of unique local Paganisms in diverse contexts. Pagans articulate a strong attachment to local or indigenous traditions and landscapes, constructing paths that reflect local socio-cultural, political, and historical realities. However, they draw on the Internet and the global circulation of people and universal ideas. This collection considers how they confound these binaries in fascinating, complex ways as members of local communities and global networks.

Paganism in the Roman Empire

Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300029840
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Paganism in the Roman Empire written by Ramsay MacMullen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MacMullen...has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the characteristics of its predecessors: the presentation of novel, revisionist points of view...; discrete set pieces of trenchant argument which do not necessarily conform to the boundaries of traditional history; and an impressive, authoritative, and up-to-date documentation, especially rich in primary sources...A stimulating and provocative discourse on Roman paganism as a phenomenon worthy of synthetic investigation in its own right and as the fundamental context for the rise of Christianity.”--Richard Brilliant, History "MacMullen’s latest work represents many features of paganism in its social context more vividly and clearly than ever before.”--Fergus Millar, American Historical Review "The major cults...are examined from a social and cultural perspective and with the aid of many recently published specialized studies...Students of the Roman Empire...should read this book.”--Robert J, Penella, Classical World "A distinguished book with much exact observation...An indispensable mine of erudition on a grand theme.” Henry Chadwick, Times Literary Supplement Ramsay MacMullen is Dunham Professor of History and Classics at Yale University and the author of Roman Government’s Response to Crisis, A.D. 235-337 and Roman Social Relations, 50 B.C. to A.D. 284

Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth

Author : John G. Jackson
Publisher : Echo Point+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1648371116
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth written by John G. Jackson and published by Echo Point+ORM. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic resource that connects the cardinal doctrines of Christianity to their origins in the ancient civilizations that preceded the religion. In Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth, John G. Jackson sources the pagan origins of Christian doctrine with particular focus on the creation and atonement myths. Rooted in historical facts, Jackson’s claims are steeped in research and demonstrate how Christianity synthesizes the rituals, beliefs, and characteristics of savior gods from ancient Egyptian, Greek, Aztec, and Hindu origins. Initially published in 1941, this concise introduction remains an insightful contribution to comparative religion studies.

The History of the Extinction of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Viewed in Relation to the Evidences of Christianity

Author : John Bickford Heard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Extinction of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Viewed in Relation to the Evidences of Christianity written by John Bickford Heard and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Triumph of Christianity

Author : Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786073021
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of Christianity written by Bart D. Ehrman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West? In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers. It could so easily have been a forgotten sect of Judaism. Through meticulous research, Bart Ehrman, an expert on Christian history, texts and traditions, explores the way we think about one of the most important cultural transformations the world has ever seen, one that has shaped the art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics and economics of modern Western civilisation.

Christian Mythology

Author : Philippe Walter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620553694
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Christian Mythology written by Philippe Walter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible • Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion • Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints • Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths, including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages, author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible. The author explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion. Rather than tear down the pagan temples in Britain, Pope Gregory the Great advised Saint Augustine of Canterbury to add the pagan rituals into the mix of Christian practices and transform the pagan temples into churches. Instead of religious conversion, it was simply a matter of convincing the populace to include Jesus in their current religious practices. Providing extensive documentation, Walter shows which major calendar days of the Christian year are founded on pagan rituals and myths, including the high holidays of Easter and Christmas. Examining hagiographic accounts of the saints, he reveals the origin of these symbolic figures in the deities worshipped in pagan Europe for centuries. He also explores how the identities of saints and pagan figures became so intermingled that some saints were transformed into pagan incarnations, such as Mary Magdalene’s conversion into one of the Celtic Ladies of the Lake. In revealing the pagan roots of many Christian figures, stories, and rituals, Walter provides a new understanding of the evolution of religious belief.

Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

Author : Edward Carpenter
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780530679198
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning written by Edward Carpenter and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.