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Nicaea
    Diocletian’s war on
    emergence of
    ethical
    excesses of, in Bible
    following conquest of Jerusalem
    following destruction of Temple
    in Hebrew Bible
    Jewish, development of
    and martyrdom
    pagan
    monotheism ( continued )
    and religious terrorism
    rigorism of
    triumph of
    Moses:
    and burning bush
    and bronze snake
    and conquest of Canaan
    divination by
    epigraph from
    and extermination of the Midianites
    Freud on
    and God’s punishment of Israelites
    and golden calf
    and golden rule
    and graven images
    and magical practices
    and monotheism
    Moses and Monotheism (Freud) epigraph from
    Myers, J. L.
    mystery religions

    Nazism
    Neander, Augustus
    Nefertiti
    Neoplatonism
    Nero
    Neusner, Jacob
    New Age
    Nicaea, Council of
    Constantine’s address to bishops of, epigraph from
    Nicene Creed
    Nigeria
    Numbers, Book of
    epigraph from

    Odin
    Olympians
    On the Error of Profane Religions (Firmicus Maternus), epigraph from
    On the Gods and the Universe (manual of pagan theology)
    oracles
    Oribasius
    Oriental religions, see mystery religions
    Origen
    orthodox, defined n
    Osiris

    pagan “church,” Julian’s idea for
    paganism
    in ancient Greece
    in ancient Rome
    ceremonies and rituals of
    Christian monks’ war against
    Christians’ conflict with
    common ceremonies of
    Constantine and
    and Constantinople’s founding
    counterrevolution of
    cruelties of
    definition of
    dream interpretation in
    under Edict of Milan
    gods, goddesses, and priestesses in
    human sacrifice in
    idolatry of
    Islam and
    Israelites’ war on
    Josiah’s war on
    Judaism and
    Julian and
    magic practices of
    persecution of
    persistence of
    philosophers’ attitude toward
    prudery and morality in
    rigorism of
    sexual practices in
    sorcery and fortune-telling in
    statuary in rituals of
    survival of traditions of
    Theodosius’s war on
    tolerance of
    values of, in New Age
    variety of beliefs and practices of
    pagan temples
    paideia
    Palaestina
    Palestinian terrorists
    Palladas
    Pan
    Parsons, Edward Alexander
    Paul
    epigraph from
    and inscription to the unknown god
    on the Trinity
    Paul: The Mind of the Apostle (Wilson)
    Paulina
    Pax Deorum
    Pax Romana
    Peace of the Church
    peace of the gods, pagan notion of
    Pegasius
    penance
    Pennick, Nigel
    Pergamum
    Perpetua and Felicitas, martyrdom of
    Persephone
    Persia
    Jovian’s treaty with
    Julian’s campaign against
    pharaohs
    Philip of Macedon
    philosophy:
    in ancient Rome
    Neoplatonism
    Philostorgios
    Phinehas
    Phoenicia, pagan-Christian controversy in
    Picts
    Plato
    Pliny
    Plotinus
    Plutarch
    polytheism
    of ancient Egypt
    in ancient Rome
    in Bible
    of Constantine
    under Constantine’s sons
    goddesses and priestesses in
    of Israelites
    of Julian
    political expression of
    and Roman Tetrarchy
    sun used as symbol by
    survival of
    Pontifex Maximus
    Porphyry
    Praetextatus
    Priapus
    priestesses, pagan
    priestly celibacy, in pagan cults
    Priscillian
    Priscus
    propaganda, accounts of Christian martyrdom as
    prostitutes in Jerusalem
    Psalms
    Pythia
    Pythonesses

    rabbi
    Rachel
    relics:
    Julian’s disdain for
    of St. Fides
    of True Cross
    religious art
    religious belief and practices, origin of
    religious persecution, rigorism and
    religious terrorism
    and Roman occupation of Judea
    roots of
    Renan, Ernest
    Rendall, Gerald Henry
    Revelation, Book of
    Rhea
    see also Cybele; Great Mother of the Gods
    Ricciotti, Giuseppe
    rigorism
    of Christians
    defined
    of Islam
    in Julian’s reign
    of Maccabees
    in New Age
    in Roman occupation of Judea
    of totalitarianism
    Roman Catholic Church
    Roman roads
    Rome, ancient
    alliance of church and state in
    burning of
    Christianity made state religion of
    Christian persecutions of dissenters in
    Christian restoration in
    Christians in
    conquest and occupation of Judea by
    Constantine and Licinius at war in
    decline of empire
    decline of paganism in
    destruction of pagan writings in
    and Edict of Milan
    faiths in
    human and animal sacrifice in
    Judaism in
    justice of
    mystery religions