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  2. Virtuous pagan - Wikipedia

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    Plato and Aristotle, Fresco from The School of Athens in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. Virtuous pagan is a concept in Christian theology that addressed the fate of the unlearned—the issue of nonbelievers who were never evangelized and consequently during their lifetime had no opportunity to recognize Christ, but nevertheless led virtuous lives, so that it seemed objectionable to ...

  3. Legend of Aphroditian - Wikipedia

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    In this era, stories purporting to prove the truth of Christianity from virtuous pagan sources or pagan seers were popular among Christians, such as the Sibylline Oracles. Additionally, Heyden suggests the depiction of Hera and her multiple names seems as if it might be a good analogue for the cult of Atargatis , a Syrian goddess identified ...

  4. Pagans and Philosophers - Wikipedia

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    Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz is a 2015 book by the British philosopher John Marenbon.It is about the treatment of pre-Christian thought among Christian writers and theologians from late antiquity to the early 18th century.

  5. Christian interpretations of Virgil's Eclogue 4 - Wikipedia

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    The Roman emperor Constantine the Great was one of the first major figures to believe that Eclogue 4 was a pre-Christian augury concerning Jesus Christ. [9]According to Classicist Domenico Comparetti, in the early Christian era, "A certain theological doctrine, supported by various passages of [Judeo-Christian] scripture, induced men to look for prophets of Christ among the Gentiles". [10]

  6. Nine Worthies - Wikipedia

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    Neatly divided into a triad of triads, these men were considered to be paragons of chivalry within their particular traditions, whether Pagan, Jewish, or Christian. Longuyon's choices soon became a common theme in the literature and art of the Middle Ages and earned a permanent place in the popular consciousness.

  7. Eclogue 4 - Wikipedia

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    The 63-line poem (the shortest of the Eclogues) begins with an address to the Muses.The first few lines have been referred to as the "apology" of the poem; the work, much like Eclogue 6, is not so much concerned with pastoral themes, as it is with cosmological concepts, and lines 1–3 defend this change of pace. [4]

  8. Paganism in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Tolkien's Beowulf poet was a version of himself, and his authorial persona in creating [The Lord of the Rings] was a version of that Beowulf poet. [ 37 ] The historian Ronald Hutton writes that in depicting a pagan Middle-earth, the Christian Tolkien was setting up an interesting relationship between his own religion and his invented world.

  9. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of ...

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    These common traits and symbols in all religions are explained in detail, beginning with the Orphic Egg or Cosmic Egg, and then moving towards ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Buddhist, and Hindu texts, and the Abrahamic religions. A copy of Morals and Dogma was given to new members of the Southern Jurisdiction from the early 1900s until the mid ...