kathenotheism

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The ancients practised kathenotheism, (one-god-at-a-time-ism), when it suited them.

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  • The ancients practised kathenotheism, (one-god-at-a-time-ism), when it suited them. —  Planet Atheism
  • She learned, for instance, the precise meanings, and the bearings on modern theology and metaphysics, of such words as kathenotheism, hagiography, transubstantiation, eschatology, Positivist, _noumenony begriffy vorstellung, Paulisimus, wissenschaft_, and others, quite new to her, and of great benefit in general conversation. —  'That Very Mab'
  • From early animism in its manifold expressions, through polytheism, kathenotheism, henotheism, to monotheism, and so out into loftier possibilities of conceiving the divine nature and purpose -- the main road which man has traveled in his religious development now is traceable. —  Christianity and Progress
 

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  1. from Greek κατά, according to, + εἴς(ἑν-), one, +θεός, god, + -ism.
 

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