In early Christianity, paganism collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were polytheists. More specifically, it denoted anyone who did not adhere to an Abrahamic rel
Engraving depicting two Roman women offering a ritual sacrifice to the pagan goddess Vesta, 1887
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Men of Theth (Shala) practicing the gjâmë – the Albanian lamentation of the dead – in 1937. The earliest figurative representations of this practice in traditional Albanian-inhabited regions appear on Dardanian funerary stelae of classical antiquity.
The Pietas Comunità Gentile Celebrates the 2777th Natale di Roma at the Circus Maximus
Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one deity, a type of theism; it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in only one deity that is, in most cases, transcendent. The term was coined by
Paganism
…In early Christianity, paganism (from Latin: paganus, lit. 'rustic') collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were polytheists. More specifically, it denoted anyone who did not adhere to an Abrahamic religion in the Roman Empire. Individuals fell into the pagan class either…
Egyptian gods in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Procession of the Twelve Olympians
Bulul statues serve as avatars of rice deities in the Anitist beliefs of the Ifugao in the Philippines.
It is sometimes claimed that Christianity is not truly monotheistic because of its idea of the Trinity