paganism

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Theodosius was the Christian Roman emperor who embraced the Nicene Creed as the religion of empire in the late fourth century, conducting a single-minded suppression of paganism in the lands over which he ruled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The conference "Imagining Nordic Paganism: Cultural Memories and Scholarly Thought Since the Middle Ages" focuses on the long history of how Scandinavian paganism has been interpreted.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

Unlike paganism, Christianity was a proselytizing religion; that is, Christian leaders hoped to convert others to their faith.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

My souvenir wooden Easter egg has many meanings written atop it — paganism, Christianity, and most of all, contradiction.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023

The tardy evidence of her involuntary paganism made her even more upset.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez