Sun-worship

Sun-worship has had a powerful influence on subsequent and more rational religions, and relics of it are to be found even in the symbolism of Freemasonry.

The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey

Sun-worship seems to have been carried to a greater extent than among any other tribes we are acquainted with.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

Sun-worship, that which waited upon some hill-top to catch the first beams of the morning that created a new day, is the oldest and the most natural of all kinds of worship.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

A sublime philosophy, a gorgeous ritual, the support of the earthly Monocracy which mirrored that of heaven, a liturgy of incomparable solemnity and passionate mysticism, a symbolism so pure and high as to cause endless confusion in the troubled mind of the dying Roman Empire between Sun-worship and the adorers of the Sun of Righteousness -- all this failed to counteract the aboriginal lie which left God still linked essentially to creation.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Sun-worship has bequeathed features to modern popular worship in Armenia, where

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It was these Fathers who, on their conversion, brought the title "Sunday" into the Church from the Pagan terminology which they had been accustomed to use in connection with their Sun-worship.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

Sun-worship is indeed a form of nature-worship, and there are physical reasons obvious enough for its being able to incorporate both the clean and unclean, both the deadly and the benign legends.

Among Famous Books John Kelman 1896

As intercourse increased along the Nile Valley, centres of Sun-worship ceased to be merely local, and the political rise of a city determined the fortunes of its cult.

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

Sun-worship is the noblest and highest of all the purely natural religions.

South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890

Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890