theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic +
(Greek: God, god, deity, divine)
myriotheism
1. Worshiping of or believing in more than one deity (god), usually many deities.
2. Polytheism or the worship of several gods.
ochlotheocracy
The rule of a “mob” or crowd of gods.
panentheism
1. A philosophy founded on the notion that all things are in God.
2. A notion that “God is all reality, but not all reality is God”.
panentheist
A person who believes that all things are in God.
pantheism
The belief that God and the material world are one and the same thing and that God is present in everything.
2. The belief in and worship of all or many deities.
pantheist
One who believes that God is present in everything or one who believes in many gods.
pantheon
1. A circular temple in Rome that was completed in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the deities of the world, but which has been used as a Roman Catholic church since A.D. 609.
2. All the deities (gods) of a particular religion considered collectively.
3. A monument or public building commemorating the dead heroes of a nation.
4. A group of people who are the most famous or respected in a particular field.
philotheism, philotheistic
The love of God.
philotheist
One who loves God.
physitheism
The attribution of a physical form (animal, vegetable, or mineral) to a deity or deities.
Examples of physitheism in action include an ancient Greek or Roman god that assumed the form of an animal or when God spoke to Moses from the burning bush.
First, Moses while taking care of a flock of sheep near Mt. Horeb, "the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:2)
Later, "And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly." (Exodus 19:18)
It was at Mt. Sinai that God presented the Ten Commandments to Moses.
Based on these quotations from the Old Testament Bible, the image above is only a representation of the two separate occurrences; however, it still illustrates physitheism.
polytheist
1. Someone who believes in, or worships, many gods or more than one god.
2. A person who has a belief in more than one god, usually a belief in many gods.
polytheistic
Characterized by the worship of or belief in many deities (gods).
psilanthropy, psilanthropism
The belief that Jesus Christ was not divine but merely a man, although divinely inspired.
psychotheism
The doctrine of the absolute spirituality of God.
theandric
Of or pertaining to both God and man; partaking of both the human and the divine.
Theo Quiz #1.
Related religious-word units:
church;
dei-, div-;
ecclesi-;
fanati-;
hiero-;
idol-;-olatry;
zelo-.
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