Easter, grew in part from Jewish passover, 279 _f_; changed so as to coincide with festival of Goddess of Spring, 279 _f_; primarily a Chaldean sun-worship festival, 280. “Eighth Day,” pagan origin of argument for, 184, 185; a day of “indulgence for the flesh,” 187. Eleusis, city of, the chief seat of Greek “mysteries,” 117. Elviri, synod of, condemned use of “lights” in cemeteries, 263. Empire, the Roman, disintegrated under decay of pagan religion, 203 _f_. Europe, Northern, pagan water-worship in, 98. Eusebius, his dishonest eulogy of Constantine, 215. Exorcism, used in baptism, 138; resorted to in preparing “holy water,” 149. F Facts, denying does not remove them, 29. Farrar, Canon, describes corruption of Christianity through syncretism, 22; on Cyprian’s theories concerning baptism, 252. “Fasts,” the pagan, transferred to Christianity, 26. “Fathers,” the, were uncritical in exegesis of Scripture, 66, 67. Fauchet, defends the introduction of paganism into Christianity, 8. Festivals, those of pagans transferred to Christianity, 5, 28. Fires, “Easter,” borrowed from sun-worship, 267; described by Grimm, 268, 269; “Midsummer,” a pagan festival identical with “St. John’s Day,” 270; “Baal,” yet continued in Scotland, 271. G Gale, Theophilus, on pagan origin of “orientation,” 265. Galerius, emperor, persecution of Christians by, and death of, 205. Ganges, the most sacred stream in India, 88 _f_. Geikie, Rev. Cunningham, shows union of sun-worship _cultus_ with Christianity, 201. Gibbon, Edward, describes sun-worship under Heliogabalus, 197 _f_; recounts devotion of Aurelian to sun-worship, 199 _f_. Gnostics, the link between Christianity and Greek culture, 37. Gnosticism, the product of Oriental philosophy, 34; effect on Jewish thought, 34; claimed a hidden meaning in all things, 34, 35; destroyed authority of the O. T. by false exegesis, 35; permeated Greek philosophy, 35; assailed infant Christianity, 36; Schaff’s description of, 36, 37; generally antinomian, 36; “vulgarized” Christianity, and made it “worldly,” 37; Baur’s description of, 38; introduced allegory into N. T. exegesis, 40, 41; sought a hidden meaning in N. T., 44; applied numerical mysteries to the Psalms, 58; widely spread in second century, 69; complete supremacy would have annihilated Christianity, 69; fundamentally antinomian, 159; destructively applied to the Decalogue, 184. Gould, S. Baring, describes pagan baptism in Scandinavia, 100; on baptism among the ancient Greeks, 114. Gratian, Emperor, edicts of, against paganism, inoperative, 212. Greeks, named and “purified” children when seven days old, 102; water-worship among, 112. Greek thought, thoroughly permeated by gnosticism, 35.