Paganism Surviving in ChristianityLewis, Abram Herbert
Religion
Paganism Surviving in Christianity
Lewis, Abram Herbert
Christianity and other religions; Paganism
Bingham, Rev. Joseph, compares Sunday with other pagan festivals, 222;
uses “Lord’s day” where it does not belong, 222, 223;
on sign of the cross as an enchantment among Christians, 246 _f_;
on “unction” and sign of the cross in baptism, 249;
on baptism as a cure for disease, 255;
on “delayed baptism,” 256;
on “orientation” at baptism, 267.
Blake, W. W., the cross as a pagan “standard,” 241.
Blood, mithraic baptism in, 82;
baptism in, practised by the ancient Germans and Norsemen, 100.
Blunt, Rev. John James, describes pagan use of human saliva as a
“charm,” 124.
Boissier, Gaston, describes Constantine the Great, 205;
describes Chi-Ro standard of Constantine, 245, _note_.
Bonwick, James, describes Egyptian baptism, 87.
Brock, Rev. Mourant, describes kinds of “holy water,” and how
prepared, 148;
quoted on pre-Christian cross in Mexico, 242.
Bryant, Jacob, describes pagan water-worship, 73.
Buddhistic baptism, described by Sir Monier-Williams, 94 _f_.
Bunsen, C. C. J., summarizes teachings of Apostolic Constitutions
concerning baptism, 137 _f_.
“Buns,” hot cross, a remnant of pagan phallicism, 238 _f_.
Burmah, the “New Year” in, is a great water-worship festival, 95.
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Centuries, the early ones often misjudged, 1.
Child, Mrs. Lydia M., describes Hindu baptism, 96 _f_.
Children, pagans named them at baptism, 100.
Choul, de, William, defends the transfer of paganism to
Christianity, 9.
Christ, his resurrection allegorically foreshadowed in the deluge, 56;
allegorically typified by a bullock, 63;
the central character in both “dispensations,” 166;
did not destroy the law, 167;
taught full obedience to the Decalogue, 167, 168;
resurrection of, not associated with Sunday observance, in the
Bible, 173;
did not rise from the grave on Sunday, 173;
did not live and teach simply as a “Jew,” 176;
his attitude toward civil power, 188;
His kingdom, spiritual, 189.
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