10 sentences with 'pagan'
Example sentences and phrases with the word pagan and other words derived from it.
• « According to one legend, St. Ursula, daughter of a Christian king of Great Britain, was asked in marriage by a pagan. »
• « While the Avar people had converted to Christianity during the period of their invasions, the Bulgars remained pagan. »
• « The Olympics had already been closed by Emperor Theodosius I in 393 CE (he objected to their status as a pagan religious festival, not an athletic competition). »
• « However, their focus changed in the middle of the century, when they began to lead crusades against the pagan peoples of the eastern Baltic, including Lithuanians, Estonians, Finns and other groups. »
• « Egyptians eat this fish during 'Ramadan', a traditional religious holiday observed by all Muslims of good will, which in Egypt over the years has become a more pagan holiday, but just as strict as those imposed by the Qur'an. »
• « Thus, pagan practices such as blessing someone after sneezing (to keep out an invading spirit or demon), throwing salt over one's shoulder to ward off a demon, and employing all sorts of charms to increase one's luck, survived to the present day. »
• « Throughout Europe, missionaries were officially instructed not to fight pagan religious practice, but to subtly reform it. It was less important that pagans understand the nuances of Christianity and more important that they accept its essential truth. »
• « The Baltic lands were the last major region of Europe to remain pagan. Neither the Latin nor the Orthodox missionaries had made significant progress in converting the peoples of the region outside the border region between the Rus' lands and the Baltic Sea. »
• « As an example, in a letter to one of the main early English Christian leaders (later a saint), Bede, Pope Gregory advised Bede and his followers not to tear down pagan temples, but to consecrate and reuse them. In the same way, the existing pagan sacrificial days were to be rededicated to God and the saints. »
• « All sorts of "pagan" practices, words and traditions survive today because of the crossover between Christianity and ancient pagan practices, including the names of the days of the week in English (Wednesday is Odin's or Wotan's day, Thursday is Thor's day, etc.) and the very word "Easter", from the Norse goddess of spring and fertility called Eostre. »
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