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The Pope's polytheism places him among the people of Hell.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Both discoveries date to the period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from polytheism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Also, Akhenaten’s successor tried to steer religion back to polytheism, which is contrary to Nefertiti’s earlier views.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024
Nor does the divide between Mesopotamian polytheism and Jewish monotheism pose a problem.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse, competing yet sometimes complementary worldviews, from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Pagan polytheism in ancient Rome was dizzyingly complicated, the gods seen as constant companions who hovered over the city’s mortal residents from birth to death, communicating with them incessantly but obliquely from their temples and shrines.
—David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse, competing yet sometimes complementary worldviews, from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Both discoveries date to the period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from polytheism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Also, Akhenaten’s successor tried to steer religion back to polytheism, which is contrary to Nefertiti’s earlier views.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024
Nor does the divide between Mesopotamian polytheism and Jewish monotheism pose a problem.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse, competing yet sometimes complementary worldviews, from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Pagan polytheism in ancient Rome was dizzyingly complicated, the gods seen as constant companions who hovered over the city’s mortal residents from birth to death, communicating with them incessantly but obliquely from their temples and shrines.
—David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse, competing yet sometimes complementary worldviews, from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism to Christianity.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
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“Polytheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polytheism. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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