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	Kemet.org >> Terms Used by the Kemetic Orthodox
		Monolatry is the belief that god (as the One) can manifest Itself into other aspects and manifestations (the Many) with Their own personalities and interactions between one another, without ever losing sight of the fact that They all spring forth from the initial One.
		Monolatry is a form of polytheism, "many gods," but it also permits for a singular Godhead, so Kemetic religion as a monolatry is a modified or irregular polytheism.
		Sometimes monolatry is referred to as "henotheism," but as henotheism does not permit a singular Godhead behind many gods, it is not an entirely accurate definition.
	www.kemet.org /terms_list.html (2416 words)

	The Monolatry of Pat Robertson by Karen Kwiatkowski
		The Monolatry of Pat Robertson by Karen Kwiatkowski
		On the other hand, a great superior god with simultaneous recognition of god-like competitors, like the moon god, is called monolatry.
		The root of monolatry, like idolatry or statolatry, is latreia, meaning worship.
	www.lewrockwell.com /kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski90.html (776 words)

	Abyssal Mind
		Particularly interesting to me was quite a basic term that I had never come across, "monolatry", which Kemetic Orthodoxy is one example.
		Quote: "Monolatry is a different concept than monotheism, where it is believed God manifests in one form and one form only, nor is it an undifferentiated polytheism, where many gods appear in many separate and distinct forms.
		Monolatry is a special form of polytheism, having a multi-god structure still providing the possibility of understanding all divine beings as part of one divine source." I'm surprised this sect is not more well known than it is...
	radio.weblogs.com /0114196/2003/03 (892 words)

	Henotheism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Henotheism (Inclusive Monotheism, Monolatrism, or Monolatry) is the worship of only one god, while acknowledging that other gods exist.
		Sometimes, monolatrism and henotheism are distinguished as follows: in monolatry, only one god is viewed as worthy of worship, the remainder viewed as inferior; in henotheism, the other gods are viewed as important and worthy of worship by others, however the henotheists worship only one god.
		Henotheism isn't simply a belief in a supreme god amongst many, or the predominant worship of one god with secondary worship of others, since these are forms of polytheism.
	www.termsdefined.net /he/henotheism.html (242 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Ideas & Belief: Moses and Monotheism
		It is sometimes contrasted with monolatry, namely "the worship of but one god when other gods are recognized as existing" (Random House Dictionary).
		Although Moses tells the Israelites in 4:32-35 and 39 that the events of the Exodus and Mount Sinai show that there are no gods but the Lord, that passage is the first in the Torah to make this point (see also 7:9).
		And since historical books such as Judges and Kings state that the Israelites continued to worship other gods throughout their history, these scholars conclude that even the requirement of monolatry was not widely accepted in Israel until shortly before the Babylonian exile, or even later.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /ideas_belief/god/Overview_About_God/God_Monotheism_Tigay.htm (1303 words)

	Canaanitish Conflicts and Messages of the Prophets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The concept of monolatry and the national struggle for life against the gods and peoples of Canaan combined to beget the idea that Jehovah was a most fearful Deity.
		The concept of monolatry was not without ethical content, and the God whose worship was united with the moral code of the decalogue must have been regarded as unapproachable in majesty, “glorious in holiness and fearful in praises” (Exod.
		Those scriptures which imply a current monolatry rather than monotheism extol the God of Abraham and of Israel as the Mighty One who can send floods of waters to destroy mankind, and rain fire and brimstone to overthrow the wicked cities of the plain of Sodom.
	www.audiowebman.org /bbc/books/bd/part3/chapter0302.htm (8225 words)

	Monolatry
		Monolatry is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Therefore, monolatry is a division of polytheism, the belief in many gods.
		Monolatry of a tribal God (Allah, Jehovah, Christ).
	www.experiencefestival.com /monolatry (1020 words)

	PHILOSOPHY : On Henotheism : beyond Monotheism and Polytheism
		Monolatry is consistent with mythical and pre-rational thought.
		In fact, the reversal of advanced polytheism : as private languages are impossible, the disconnected variety tends to monolatry : the contextualized perception of unity, the standard or common ground of things "Divine" attributed to a variety of deities.
		It is difficult to distinguish ante-rational henotheism from monolatry.
	www.sofiatopia.org /equiaeon/henotheism.htm (13397 words)

	MONOTHEISM AND IDOLATRY AS TAKEN FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The mediating stage in such a development is found in monolatry, where the godhead is reduced to one only as far as worship is concerned, while ontologically there is a plurality of gods.
		It is a mediating stage inasmuch as the arithmetical reduction to oneness is partial.
		The full reduction of the godhead in all its aspects to oneness emerges from monolatry only later in biblical classical prophecy, when God is claimed not only as the one God of Israel but as the one God of universal history.
	www.geocities.com /covtnoah/idolatry_monotheism_ency_judaica.htm (1743 words)

	Proper 21A
		In the first place it is highly probable that it was fidelity to the Law that permitted the discovery of monotheism (as opposed to monolatry).
		Exegetes agree that the period of the Babylonian exile and immediately thereafter was a crucially rich period for the development of Israelite theological understanding.
		The monolatry enshrined in the Law (thou shalt have no other gods before me) became the instrument for the discovery of monotheism under the circumstances of the exile.
	girardianlectionary.net /year_a/proper21a.htm (2375 words)

	Islamica Community Forums - From Monolatry to Monotheism in Biblical Texts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Yes, YHVH was the only God that the Hebrews were allowed to worship (monolatry), but that did not mean that there were not patron and personal deities of other nations.
		Monolatry — though demanding only the worship of YHVH — did not dispel their belief in other gods.
		Consider the phrases they used to praise God: “For YHVH your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, who does not regard persons, or takes rewards,” (Deuteronomy 10:17).
	www.islamicaweb.com /archive/read/t-35570 (1725 words)

	Kemet.org What is Kemetic Orthodoxy?
		Monolatry is a different concept than monotheism, where it is believed God manifests in one form and one form only, nor is it an undifferentiated polytheism, where many gods appear in many separate and distinct forms.
		Monolatry is a special form of polytheism, having a multi-god structure still providing the possibility of understanding all divine beings as part of one divine source.
		A monolatrous religion professes one divine force (Netjer in the Kemetic language, meaning "divine power") that is in turn comprised of other separate, yet interlinked aspects, like a team can be defined both as one entity (the sum of its parts) and by individual members themselves.
	www.kemet.org /kemexp1.html (379 words)

	Origins of Israelite Monotheism - TheologyWeb Campus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Whereas henotheism believes in many gods, but with one supremely powerful god, monolatry believes in many gods, but with only one god that is worthy of worship.
		According to suggestions I've seen, the shift from monolatry to outright monotheism was a scheme begun by the Yahwist priesthood shortly after Nebuchadrezzar's failed siege of Jerusalem and finalised while in Babylonian exile in order to keep themselves in business.
		The argument goes something like this: in any polytheistic system (which henotheism/monolatry is), whatever duties individual members of a people might owe to the deity, the relationship between between a deity and a people collectively is that of employee to employer, and the deity is expected to serve the people - or else.
	www.theologyweb.com /forum/showthread.php?t=20395 (6518 words)

	Nokhur/Articles/State committee of Turkmenistan for tourism and sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This legend is so popular in the Asian countries, that, for example, only in Turkmenistan a lot of sacred places are noticed, where constantly pilgrims are gathered, who respect these sacred girls.
		Undoubtedly, that monolatry to Goddis in the East is an echo of the archaic ancient cults belonging to matriarchy times.
		Besides that, the monolatry to peri is homage not a simple women, but heaven angel.
	tourism-sport.gov.tm /en/articles/geograph/_nokhur.html (2012 words)

	CGR Community - Monotheism in the OT
		As of late, there are some 'scholars' who, looking at the OT using the historical critical method that have claimed that Yahwism was at first one of many God's within Israel and then gradually developed into a Monolatry (1 God first among many), and then monotheism.
		however, there are many verses in the OT that can be seen as monolatry, that Yahweh is greater than Ba'al and the other Gods while seemingly acknowledging the existence (or at least not clearly stating that they do not exist) of these lesser, non Israelite deities.
		This would be henotheism, but not the monolatry proposed by you above.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/printthread.php?t=68836 (2536 words)

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		That sounds very much like the law of the excluded middle (a proposition is either true, or not - there is no 3rd, or middle, option), which in turn leads me to strict dualism (true/false, good/bad, real/imaginary, etc).
		If the difference between monolatry and monotheism is the application of strict dualism, then the question about the possibility of a monotheistic formulation becomes significant.
		I agree that both the archeological evidence and the straight forward reading of the OT point at monolatry rather than monotheism.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/ANE/ANE-DIGEST/2001/v2001.n179 (3296 words)

	MONOLATRY: Mysticism Magick Dictionary on MONOLATRY
		Many consider the idea of "one" God a step backward.
		For more articles on MONOLATRY, see: MONOLATRY, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul.
		The definition and meaning of MONOLATRY is extracted from the home page of Sacred Magick.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/MONOLATRY/id/192543 (507 words)

	Define Monolatry : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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		"Monolatry" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
		monolatry n : the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god
	www.indictionary.com /define/Monolatry (211 words)

	MUSLIM - CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: Re: MONOLATRY., Mithridates at 5/19/2005 00:19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		U don't have to believe me when i say that these Muslim bashers would rather be monolatrous than monotheists when it involves their feeling for Islam and Muslims.....
		This is a bigwig and he is supposed to know what monolatry is! But does he care....
		It is urs to find out why this deceiver never mentions YHWH of those of the Judaic faith......A bit more on this subject of Allah....
	f24.parsimony.net /forum54389/messages/61950.htm (6456 words)

	Tree of Life Coven Web Journal - Bravenet Web Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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		I always enjoy learning new words, and yesterday I was introduced to the word monolatry.
		The writer used it to describe a statement she read that was attributed to the Rev Pat Robertson:
	zorya.bravejournal.com /archive/08/27/2004 (501 words)

	[sword-devel] ISBE upgrade from Install manager
		Either the I didn't try upgrading under 1.5.2 so I am not sure if the problem is with 1.5.3 or with ISBE upgrade Here is the old version before upgrading using 1.5.2 GOD, 1god ('Elohim, 'El, [`Elyon], Shadday, Yahweh; Theos): I. The Idea in Experience and in Thought 2.
		Ethnic Ideas of God (1) Animism (2) Fetishism (3) Idolatry (4) Polytheism (5) Henotheism (6) Pantheism (7) Deism (8) Semitic Monolatry (9) Monotheism II.
		Ethnic Ideas of God (1) Animism (2) Fetishism (3) Idolatry (4) = Polytheism=20 (5) Henotheism (6) Pantheism (7) Deism (8) Semitic Monolatry (9) Monotheism= II.=20 THE IDEA OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1.
	www.crosswire.org /pipermail/sword-devel/2002-April/014277.html (523 words)

	Search Results for monolatry - Encyclopædia Britannica
		There may be some reason to speak of the Old Testament conception of God as monolatry rather than as monotheism, because the existence of other gods is seldom explicitly denied and many times even...
		In the course of analyzing and recording various beliefs connected with the gods, historians of religions have used certain categories to identify different attitudes toward the gods.
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	Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth > Pagan Origins > monotheism - refuted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christianity doesn't think it has "monotheism" -- it has monolatry
		It's also just a matter of common sense: As if it takes any imagination to suppose that some sort of creative hierarchy might not exist in reality!
		Christianity doesn't think it has "monotheism" -- Judaism brought it monolatry
	www.tektonics.org /pocemon/pagan_origins_monotheism.html (571 words)

	Merriam-Webster Online
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