An Imperial cult is a cult in which an Emperor, or a dynasty of emperors, are worshipped as demigods or deities. Imperial cult - Ancient Rome. Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna Aeneas Romulus Numa Early Kin ...

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• Imperial cult - Ancient Rome
• Imperial cult - From Julius Caesar to Hadrian
• Imperial cult - Civil religion until abolishment by Constantine
• Imperial cult - Japan
• Imperial cult - Haile Selassie and the Rastafari
• Imperial cult - Notes

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Imperial cult, Imperial cult - Ancient Rome, Imperial cult - From Julius Caesar to Hadrian, Imperial cult - Civil religion until abolishment by Constantine, Imperial cult - Japan, Imperial cult - Haile Selassie and the Rastafari, Imperial cult - Notes

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In the Roman Empire the Imperial cult was the worship of the Roman emperor as a god. This practice begun right at the start of the Empire under Augustus, and became a very prominent element of Roman religion. The cult spread over the whole Empire within a few decades, more strongly in the east than in the west. It was gradually abandoned when the emperor Constantine I started supporting Christianity. ...

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Imperial cult, Imperial cult - Ancient Rome, Imperial cult - Japan, Imperial cult - Haile Selassie and the Rastafari

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The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin for "Altar of Augustan Peace", and commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar to Peace envisioned as a Roman goddess by the Roman Emperor Augustus Cæsar, consecrated on 30 January 9 BC and decreed by the Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire after Augustus's victories in Gaul and Spain. It had earlier been dedicated on 4 July 13 BC. The altar was meant to be a vision of the Roman civil religion. It sought to portray the peace and prosperity enjoyed as a result of the Pax Romana (Latin, "Roman peace") brought abou ...

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Arahitogami (現人神) is a Japanese word, meaning a god who is a human being. This word appears first in Kojiki, but is assumed to have been used before this book. The most well-known usage of this word would be in Japan before 1945, until the end of the Second World War. In those days State Shinto (Kokka Shintō) applied this word to the Emperor Hirohito and required the Japanese people to obey absolutely and have loyalty to the Emperor as a god. Later, Hirohito himself renounced this conception and claimed his relation to the people did not rely on such a mythological idea but ...

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Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. It is the informal term in English for what sociologists of religion call cultus, the body of practices and traditions that correspond to theology. Religious worship may be performed individually, in informally organized groups, or as part of an organized service with a designated leader (as in a church, synagogue, temple, or mosque). In its older sense in the Engli ...

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Constantinian shift is a term used by Anabaptist and Post-Christendom theologians to describe the gradual shift towards Christendom. This shift began in 312 when Emperor Constantine I adopted Christianity as his imperial cult after the Battle of Milvian Bridge. His legions, who were victorious, fought under the Labarum, the first two Greek letters of Christ's name. In 313 the Edict of Milan legitimized Christianity alongside other religions practiced in the Roman Empire. In 325, the First Council of Nicaea signalled consolidati ...

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Cult of personality is a term for what is perceived to be excessive adulation of a single living leader, especially a head of state. The term was coined by the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev in his 1956 "Secret Speech" denouncing Joseph Stalin to the 20th Party Congress. The phenomenon that Khrushchev described, however, is much older. A cult of personality differs from charismatic authority in that it has a negative connotation by definition, and is thus a pejorative term. It also differs fro ...

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• Cult of personality - History
• Cult of personality - Characteristics
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The Bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god Bacchus. Introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria (c. 200 BC), the bacchanalia were held in secret and attended by women only, on three days in the year in the grove of Simila near the Aventine Hill. Subsequently, admission to the rites was extended to men and celebrations took place five times a month. According to Livy, that happened in the time when the leader of the Bacchus cult was Paculla Annia - though it is now be ...

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Throughout history there have always been leaders who have fostered adulation. Many leaders of the Roman Empire and Hellenistic Greece displayed features of today's cults of personality, as did Imperial China, with ancient Egypt especially noted for elevating monarchs to the status of god-kings. For much of premodern times, absolute monarchies were the dominant form of government, and monarchs were almost always held in enormous reverence. Through the principle of the divine right of kings, rulers were said to hold office by the will of God, which demonstrates the poten ...

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Cult of personality, Cult of personality - History, Cult of personality - Characteristics, Cult of personality - Examples

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Throughout history there have always been leaders who have fostered adulation. For much of premodern times, absolute monarchies were the dominant form of government, and monarchs were almost always held in enormous reverence. Through the principle of the divine right of kings, rulers were said to hold office by the will of God, and thus criticism of any leader was interpreted not only as treason but also as blasphemy. Many leaders of the Roman Empire and Hellenistic Greece displayed features of today's cults of personality, as did Imperial China, with ancient Egypt especially noted for ...

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Cult of personality, Cult of personality - History, Cult of personality - Characteristics, Cult of personality - Examples

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Zealotry - Jewish War with Rome. Zealots were a Jewish political movement in the 1st century AD which sought to incite the people of Iudaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the country by force of arms during the Great Jewish Revolt (AD 66-70). When the Romans introduced the Imperial cult, the Jews had rebelled and been put down. The Zealots continued to oppose the Romans, on the grounds that Israel belonged only to a Jewish king desce ...

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Zealotry, Zealotry - Introduction, Zealotry - History, Zealotry - Jewish War with Rome, Zealotry - The Talmud, Zealotry - Masada, Zealotry - Sicarii, Zealotry - New Testament narratives

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One of the reasons Mao is most remembered is the Cult of Mao, the personality cult that was created around him. Mao presented himself as an enemy of landowners, businessmen and Western and American imperialism, as well as an ally of impoverished peasants, farmers and workers. Some people argue that personality cults go against the basic ideas of Marxism, but the propaganda that was inherent with most Communist regimes contradicted t ...

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Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong - Early life, Mao Zedong - Political ideas, Mao Zedong - War and Revolution, Mao Zedong - Leadership of China, Mao Zedong - Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong - Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong - Death, Mao Zedong - Cult of Mao, Mao Zedong - Legacy, Mao Zedong - Family, Mao Zedong - Writings, Mao Zedong - Reference

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One of the reasons Mao is most remembered is the Cult of Mao, the personality cult that was created around him. Mao presented himself as an enemy of landowners, businessmen and Western and American imperialism, as well as an ally of impoverished peasants, farmers and workers. Some argue that personality cults go against the basic ideas of Marxism. Stalin, however, circumvented this and began cultivating a cult of personality around himself and Lenin, even though Lenin expressly wished tha ...

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Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong - Early life, Mao Zedong - Political ideas, Mao Zedong - War and Revolution, Mao Zedong - Leadership of China, Mao Zedong - Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong - Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong - Death, Mao Zedong - Cult of Mao, Mao Zedong - Legacy, Mao Zedong - Family, Mao Zedong - Writings, Mao Zedong - Reference

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Although primarily concerned with supervising the Ecclesiarchy and the Imperial Cult, the Ordo Hereticus has expanded its jurisdiction to encompass the internal threats to the Imperium; the witch, the mutant, the heretic, the traitor. Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors are considered to be the most sinister of the three Orders, as they must find their foes amongst the population of the Imperium's millions of inhabited worlds. The arrivial of an Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor on a world is met with equal parts awe and trepidation, as none but the Inquisito ...

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Witch Hunters, Witch Hunters - Foundation, Witch Hunters - Role, Witch Hunters - The Adeptus Sororitas, Witch Hunters - Ordo Hereticus troops and weaponry

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The dim-witted race of Ogryns evolved on high-gravity, low-temperature prison planets. They are huge and stupid, but extremely loyal once introduced to the Imperial Cult. Ogryns are used as shock troops, wielding heavy automatic shotguns called ripper guns, weapons simple enough for them to operate, although some feral specimens cannot fathom even them. Ogryns tend to be claustrophobic and thus are difficult to transport. They are typically led by "BONEheads," who have undergone a procedure known as Biochemical Ogryn Neural Enhancement (hence the ...

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Abhuman, Abhuman - Beastmen Homo Sapiens Variatus, Abhuman - Ogryns Homo Sapiens Giganticus, Abhuman - Ratlings Homo Sapiens Rotundus, Abhuman - Squats Homo Sapiens Minimus

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The distinctions among philosophy, religion, cult and superstition that would be made by an educated Roman of the 1st century BC can be read in Lucretius, a philosopher following Epicurus. Most educated Romans were Stoic in the outlook on life. The transference of the anthropomorphic qualities of Greek gods to Roman ones, and perhaps even more, the prevalence of Greek philosophy among well-educated Romans, brought about an increasing neglect of the old rites, and in the 1st century BC the religious importance of the old priestly offices decl ...

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Roman religion, Roman religion - Early Roman religion, Roman religion - Late republic and imperial religion, Roman religion - Absorption of other religions, Roman religion - Religious festivals, Roman religion - Decline of the Roman religion

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Many in both pagan and Christian society saw in Damasus a man whose worldly ambitions outweighed his pastoral concerns. His entertainments were infamous for their lavishness. Praetextatus, a wealthy aristocrat and a high priest in the cults of numerous gods, reportedly joked to Damasus, "Make me bishop of Rome and I will become a Christian". Some of his critics called him "the ladies' ear-tickler." According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "An accusation of adultery was laid against him (378) in the imperial court, but he was exonerated ...

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Pope Damasus I, Pope Damasus I - Early life, Pope Damasus I - Rise in the Church, Pope Damasus I - The succession crisis, Pope Damasus I - Allegations of immorality, Pope Damasus I - Association with Jerome Defending the Church against schism, Pope Damasus I - Associates Roman glory with Christianity, Pope Damasus I - Emperor Gratian, Pope Damasus I - Church of Saint Laurence, Pope Damasus I - Primacy of the Roman Church, Pope Damasus I - Letters of Jerome to Damasus, Pope Damasus I - Bibliography

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Many in both Pagan and Christian society saw in Damasus a man whose worldly ambitions outweighed his pastoral concerns. His entertainments were infamous for their lavishness. Praetextatus, a wealthy aristocrat and a high priest in the cults of numerous gods, reportedly joked to Damasus, "Make me bishop of Rome and I will become a Christian". Some of his critics called him "the ladies' ear-tickler." According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "An accusation of adultery was laid against him (378) in the imperial court, but he was exonerated ...

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Pope Damasus I, Pope Damasus I - Early life, Pope Damasus I - Rise in the Church, Pope Damasus I - The succession crisis, Pope Damasus I - Allegations of immorality, Pope Damasus I - Association with Jerome Defending the Church against schism, Pope Damasus I - Associates Roman glory with Christianity, Pope Damasus I - Emperor Gratian, Pope Damasus I - Church of Saint Laurence, Pope Damasus I - Letters of Jerome to Damasus, Pope Damasus I - Bibliography

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The Imperium of Man in Warhammer 40,000 is the last bastion of mankind's strength, but it also represents, figuratively, everything wrong about the behavior of mankind, and the danger of becoming a monster in order to fight monsters, as well as in general all the "evil that men do" rolled into one package. From its oppressive Inquisition, violent warrior cults, extremely draconian laws and punishment system, and the nearly omnipotent power of the Ecclesiarchy, the Imperium i ...

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Imperium Warhammer 40000, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - History of the Imperium, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - The Imperium in the 41st millennium, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - The Adeptus Terra, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - The Imperial Commanders, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - Forces of the Imperium, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - Themes and History of the Imperium, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - Alternate Themes, Imperium Warhammer 40000 - Background to the Imperium in other Science Fiction

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