-
expressed as "religio
honours the gods,
superstitio wrongs them."
Seneca wrote an
entire treatise on
superstitio,
known to St.
Augustine but no
longer extant...
- been
labelled as
superstitious behavior. In antiquity, the
Latin term
superstitio, like its
equivalent Gr**** deisidaimonia, came to be ****ociated with...
-
novelties and the
seductions of
superstitio.
Excessive devotion and
enthusiasm in
religious observance were
superstitio, in the
sense of "doing or believing...
- this p****age
Suetonius describes Christianity as
excessive religiosity (
superstitio) as do his contemporaries,
Tacitus and Pliny.
Historians debate whether...
- (which
meant "very precisely"), and some
Roman authors related the term
superstitio (which
meant too much fear or
anxiety or shame) to religiĆ at times....
- and of
mutual benefit.
Undignified grovelling,
excessive enthusiasm (
superstitio) and
secretive practises were "weak-minded" and
morally suspect. Magical...
- Christianity,
which Romans variously regarded as a form of
atheism and
superstitio.[citation needed] The
Romans are
known for the
great number of deities...
-
adherence to
native Roman traditions as "the
superstition of old grandpas" (
superstitio veterum avorum) and
inferior to the new
revealed truth of Christianity...
-
which meant "very precisely" and some
Roman authors related the term
superstitio,
which meant too much fear or
anxiety or shame, to
religio at times....
- Janssen, L.F. "'
Superstitio' and the ****cution of the Christians."
Vigilae Christianae. Vol. 33 No. 2 (June 1979): 138. Janssen, "'
Superstitio' and the ****cution...