Their gods were practically those of orthodox Mazdaism. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Mazdaism is governed throughout by ideas of purity and impurity. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Most scholars admit the presence of Mazdaism in China only from 519 on. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
BIBLIOGRAPHY: We shall not attempt here to give a bibliography of the works devoted to Mazdaism. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Zoroastrism (Zoroaster born 569 B.C.) and Mazdaism were eminently "political" religions from their very beginning on. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Its theology gained a deeper meaning and an elevation hitherto unknown, after it had adopted some of the conceptions of Mazdaism. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Chaldeans imposed itself on the primitive Mazdaism, which was a collection of traditions and rites rather than a body of doctrines. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
For even if Mazdaism was the highest expression of Persian genius and its influence in consequence mainly religious, yet it was not exclusively so. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Tsou Yen's philosophy seemed to allow them to calculate when this new order would start; later secret societies contained ideas from Iranian Mazdaism, Manichaeism and. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Through them as a medium the original doctrines of Mazdaism were widely propagated in every Latin province, and in order to appreciate the influence of Persia upon the Roman creeds, we must now give them our careful attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Here, again, Mazdaism forms an exception, resembling the Semitic scheme rather than the. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
↑ Mazdaism is a 19th century construct, taking Mazda - from the name Ahura Mazda and adding the suffix. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The birthplace of this latter doctrine appears to have been the region in which Mazdaism arose, the country south of the Caspian Sea. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
The ethical standard of Mazdaism is high, and the ethical practice of Mazdean communities hardly differs from that of other prominent modern religious bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Parthian dynasty (a period of over five hundred years) little is known of the history of Mazdaism beyond the fact that it seems to have been adopted by the Parthians in a debased form; but about the time of the. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Like Mithraism its basis was Persian (its rise was synchronous with the Sassanian revival of Mazdaism), but the two went different ways: the former laid stress on mystical ceremonies, the latter on moral and theological conceptions. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Mazdaism in, 145. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Mazdaism, 136; in Asia Minor, 145. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
The Mazdaism of Anatolia, 146. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Mazdaism, 138. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Purification, 64; in Mazdaism, 156. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Manichaeism, Mazdaism, and Nestorian Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Mazdaism, origin and nature of, 740, 745; canon of, 1132. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
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