So how can one be a Christian Pagan? Aren’t Christians usually Monotheistic? And isn’t worship supposed to be focused on God the Trinity and not Nature?įirst of all, let’s tackle the issue of the Nicene Creed. But it’s generally recognized that modern paganism is usually polytheistic and centered around Nature. Neopaganism as a whole has exploded into a million eclectic pathways that are impossible to define. Modern paganism or neopagan religions such as Wicca are reconstructed pagan religions that often center around polytheistic worship, ritual, and veneration of Nature. It became a generic term to denote the religions of the peasantry outside of Christianity and Judaism. Paganism comes from classical Latin paganus, meaning “rural” or “rustic.” It was a term used by early Christians to denote all the non-Christian and non-Jewish religions of the world, the ones enshrined to local places and that were usually polytheistic and focused on things such as ritual sacrifice to the gods. Jesus has always been central to Christianity. But it is in fact possible to be a “Christian Pagan” once you loosen the reigns of orthodoxy around what it means to be Christian and open your mind to the many possibilities of paganism.Ĭhristianity as a belief system and worldview is usually focused around Jesus Christ as a means to salvation. One might think that Christianity and Paganism go together like oil and water.
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