polytheistic

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Polytheistic religions were not all that was found in the Arabian Peninsula: the monotheistic faiths of Judaism and Christianity were both present in the region before the arrival of Islam, and they influenced its formation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

This Monotheism does not yet exactly disclaim its Polytheistic origin.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

The chief social characteristics of the Polytheistic period are the institution of slavery and the coincidence or "confusion" of the spiritual and temporal powers.

From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)

Polytheistic creeds are far less jealous than monotheism; and the development of Zoroastrianism had been in a polytheistic direction.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

In the field of theistic conception the propædeutic office of Grecian philosophy is seen-- I. In the release of the popular mind from Polytheistic notion, and the purifying and spiritualizing of the Theistic idea.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)