Paganism Surviving in Christianity

INDEX.

Abram Herbert Lewis

A
Abespine, on use of “lights” at tombs, 264.
Achamoth, gnostic idea of, injected into N. T. exegesis, 45.
Alabaster, Henry, describes Brahmanic baptism, 93.
Allegorists, the “Fathers” as, 44.
Allegory, the mediator between philosophy and religion, 39;
existed among the Greeks before the Christian era, 39;
united paganism and Judaism, 39;
corrupted the earliest methods of Scripture exegesis, 42;
perverted the true doctrine of “inspiration,” 43;
great influence of, on “Christian exegesis,” 46;
destructive examples of, 49, 50;
foolish application of, to clean and unclean food, 51, 52;
unmeaning application of, to the “cross,” 53;
much used by Augustine, 64, 65;
prevailing influence in Scripture interpretation, after the second century, 66;
used by Barnabas in combining pagan and Christian ideas concerning baptism, 133 f;
destructive application of, to the Decalogue, 184 f.
Alzog, historian, describes the character of Constantine, 212.
Anointing, in baptism, borrowed from pagans, 123;
use of, in baptism, as shown in apostolic constitutions, 138.
Antinomianism, wholly unscriptural, 166.
Anti-Sabbathism, appeared contemporaneously with Sunday observance, 159;
wholly unscriptural, 166.
Apollo, the counterpart of Mithras and Baal, 156;
the patron deity of Constantine, 219.
Apostolic Constitutions, teach pagan theories concerning baptism, 137 f.
Aringhus, on similarity between paganism and Roman Catholicism, 11.
Aruspices, Constantine’s law concerning, associated with his Sunday edict, 222.
Astarte, worship of, reproduced in worship of the “Virgin Mary,” 28;
the worship of, at Rome, 199.
Augustine, influence of, on formation of Christian doctrines, 64;
evil effect of allegorizing Scriptures by, 64, 65;
describes corrupting influence of paganism on Christians, 224, 225;
excessive superstition of, regarding miracles wrought by baptism, 258.
Aurelian, Emperor, “Triumph” of, 199;
costly offerings to the Sun-god, 200.
Aztecs, baptism as practised by, 109 f.
B
Baal, the worship of, corrupted the Israelites, 156.
Baptism, character of, in the N. T., 71, 72;
pagans sought spiritual purity by it, 77;
mithraic and gnostic, 77;
gnostics called it a “purifying fire,” 79;
pagans initiated candidates to their “mysteries” by it, 82;
by blood, a feature of mithraicism, his legislation touching Christianity was pagan, 217;
always remained pagan Pontifex Maximus, 217;
character of his Sunday edict, 321 A.D., 218 ff;
special worshipper of the Sun-god, 219;
favored Christianity from “policy,” and not from principle, 227;
made no effective legislation against paganism, 228;
established Sunday as a “market day,” 229;
how he placed the cross on his military standard, 244 f.
Creed, early Church had none, 33;
an elaborate one used at baptism, as shown in Apostolic Constitutions, 139.
Criticism, the higher, offers cure for false interpretation of Bible, 288 f;
together with study of Bible, is bringing the second stage of Protestant movement, 289;
ought to be fully applied to Bible, 290.
Cross, the, allegorically found in the O. T., 53, 54;
an ancient pagan symbol, 237 f;
known among Assyrians, Egyptians, Etruscans, etc., 239;
pagan origin of, shown in Edinburgh Review, 240;
how Constantine combined it on his military standard, 244, 245;
the “handled cross” the ancient phallic symbol of Egypt, 246;
sign of, used as a “charm,” 246 f;
the sign of, in baptism, 249;
made on all occasions, 250.
Cumbhacum, a sacred lake in Hindustan, 97.
Cyprian, condemns Christians who frequent public shows, 233;
extremely superstitious concerning baptismal regeneration, 252.
D
Dead, baptism for, of pagan origin, 83;
was transferred to Christianity, 84;
praying for, was borrowed from paganism, 275.
Decalogue, gnostic exposition of, by Clement of Alex., 60;
allegorically compared with man’s senses, 61;
Christ enforced obedience to it, 167, 168;
Paul declared it to be binding, 169;
if it be abolished there can be no sin, 170;
how it was perverted by gnostic exposition, 184.
Demi-gods, the pagan, were the progenitors of Christian “saints,” 16.
Demiurge, the, was creator of “matter” and author of evil, 48.
Devil, the, cast out by anointing one possessed, with oil, and tears of a presbyter, 261.
Diocletian, emperor, a devotee of the Sun-god, 200.
Diseases, miraculous curing of, in connection with baptism, 258 f.
Domville, Sir William, shows that early Sunday observance was not Sabbatic, 180.
Dyer, Thomas H., describes introduction of paganism into Christianity, 3.
E
Earth, sacred, from Jerusalem, cures paralysis, 260.
Easter, grew in part from Jewish passover, 279 f;
changed so as to coincide with festival of Goddess of Spring, 279 f;

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Lord, Prof. John, on paganism in the early Church, 4.
M
Maitland, Dr. Charles, shows worship of martyrs borrowed from paganism, 15;
on pagan origin of “lights” in worship, 264.
Mallet, P. H., describes pagan baptism in Scandinavia, 99 f.
Mariolatry, pagan origin of, 273.
Martyr-worship, the product of paganism, 15.
“Mass,” the, derived from paganism, 274.
Maurer, Konrad, shows similarity between pagan and Christian baptism, 101 f.
Maurice, Rev. F. W., describes corrupted Christianity under Constantine, 210.
Merivale, Charles, on corruption of Christianity under Leo the Great, 23;
on Constantine’s relation to Christianity, 211 f;
on paganism under Gratian, 212.
Mexico, pagan baptism in, 109 f.
Middleton, Rev. Conyers, on paganism in the early Church, 11;
on pagan origin of “holy water,” 141 f.
Milman, Rev. H. H., describes Diocletian’s sun-worship, 200;
shows pagan character of first Sunday law, 223;
shows Constantine made little opposition to paganism, 228.
Miracles, reported as wrought through baptism, 253;
newly baptized persons reputed to work, 258 f.
Mirror, The Catholic, on paganism in Christianity, 286 f;
on inability of Protestantism to return to Bible alone, 287.
Mithraicism, extent of, in the second century, 19;
had ceremonies of purification, and a “holy table,” 119.
Monasticism, the product of Oriental paganism, 14.
Mongolia, pagan baptism in, 93.
Moses, his rod made a type of Christ, by allegory, 54-56.
“Mysteries,” the Greek, supposed to bring salvation, 117;
embodied confession, baptism, and sacrifices, 117 f;
did much to corrupt baptism and the Lord’s Supper, 120.
MÜller, Prof. Max, paganism of first three Christian centuries, 11.
N
Nation, The, quoted on Teutonic baptism, pagan and Christian, 101.
Neale, E. V., shows non-Christian character of Constantine’s Sunday law, 224 f;
designates other pagan days with similar restrictions, 225.
Niebuhr, historian, shows that Constantine was not a Christian, 229.
Nile, the river, regarded as highly sacred by the Egyptians, 88.
O
“Orientation,” the product of pagan sun-worship, 157, 257;
defended by Clement of Alexandria, 266;
explained and defended by Tertullian, 267.
Osiris, regarded as the counterpart of Noah, 150.
Outlook, The, quotations from, 208, 285.
Ovid, describes water-worship and sun-worship at feast of “Pales,” 75;
describes water-worship at temple of “Themis,” 76;
describes Grecian
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