henotheisms
henotheisms is the plural of henotheism.
Meaning of henotheism
Noun
henotheism (countable and uncountable, plural henotheisms)
- Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
- There is one kind of oneness which does not exclude the idea of plurality; there is another which does. […] If, therefore, an expression had been given to that primitive intuition of the Deity, which is the mainspring of all later religion, it would have been—'There is a God,' but not yet 'There is...1867, [Friedrich] Max Müller, “Semitic Monotheism”, in Chips from a German Workshop, volume I (Essays on the Science of Religion), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 353–354
Questions about henotheisms
- What is henotheisms the plural of?
- Henotheisms is the plural of henotheism.
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