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Polytheism

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Polytheism
• The belief in, and consequent worship of, many gods.

Catholic Encyclopedia. . 2006.

Polytheism
    Polytheism
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    The belief in, and consequent worship of, many gods. See the various articles on national religions such as the Assyrian, Babylonian, Hindu, and the ancient religions of Egypt, Greece, and Rome; see also ANIMISM, FETISHISM, TOTEMISM, GOD, MONOTHEISM, PANTHEISM, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.

  
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