Sunday law, text of Constantine’s first, 220; permitted manumission of slaves, 220; associated with one for consulting soothsayers, 220 _f_; not unlike laws concerning other pagan days, 222 _f_; designates only the “Venerable Day of the Sun,” 222; purely pagan in form and spirit, 227. Sunday, observance of, weakens Decalogue, 158; first observance coupled with anti-Sabbathism, 159; observance based on tradition, 171; popular errors concerning, 171 _f_; observance unknown before middle of second century, 171 _f_; never called Sabbath in the Bible, 172 _f_; definitely referred to in N. T. but three times, 172; only six passages from N. T. quoted in favor of, 173; observance originated outside of the Bible, 177; first mentioned by Justin Martyr, 150 A.D., 178 _f_; pagan reasons for its observance, 181 _f_; the “puritan,” a compromise between the Sabbath and the Sunday, 294; legislation concerning a prominent feature in the puritan movement, 294; earliest laws concerning, pagan in form and concept, 294; no scriptural or Protestant ground for its observance, 295. Sun-worship, a myth of, used as a type of man’s resurrection, 59, 60; excessive and costly under Heliogabalus, 197 _f_; a popular cult at Rome, 201. Superstitions, excessive pagan, associated with baptism, 258. Syncretism, tendency to in early centuries, 12; a large factor in corrupting Christianity, 194. Synesius, Bishop, uncertain whether a pagan or a Christian, 24. T Tammuz, worship of, condemned by Jeremiah, 238. Taylor, Isaac, on pagan element in Christianity, 6. Tertullian, sometimes opposed allegorical interpretation of the N. T., 46; unmeaning interpretation of “types,” 62; teaches pagano-Christian theory of baptism, 129 _f_; denies the power of pagan gods to sanctify water, 132; taught abrogation of the Decalogue, 163 _f_; ideas concerning the Sabbath, 163 _f_; superstitious faith in the sign of the cross, 248; explains “orientation,” 267. Testament, the Old, rejected by many Christians on gnostic grounds, 48. Teutons, pagan baptism among, 101 _f_. Thebaud, Rev. Aug., on paganism at Rome in fifth century, 13. Thibet, baptismal customs in, 93; autumn water-worship festival in, 96. Tiele, C. P., on Oriental paganism in Christianity, 6; on political character of Roman religion, 193, 194. Traditionalism largely pagan in origin, 289. U Uhlhorn, Dr. Gerhard, on corruption of Christianity by gnosticism, 68, 70. Usages, pagan, adopted almost without stint by Christians, 26. V Virgil, Polydore, claims that Christianity “meliorated” pagan customs by accepting them, 8. Virgil shows union of water-worship and sun-worship, 74, 75. W