Monotheism
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The breakup of the Mongol empire greatly handicapped the growth of monotheism in Asia. 79:1.9
Egyptian political factors favored the spread of monotheistic beliefs in ancient Egypt. 95:2.2
The priests in Egypt struggled to fully overcome the monotheistic wave, leading them to combine and hyphenate their gods in a contracting family of deities, only for the concept of monotheism to persist until the arrival of the Creator Son. 95:5.11
Monotheism enabled man to see the Father as the creator and controller of all creation. 1:0.1
The evolution of monotheism progresses from inclusion of all gods to the subordination of lesser deities, culminating in the exclusive worship of the one supreme God. 96:0.1 96:1.14 104:2.1
Trinitarianism arises from the human struggle to grasp the concept of a personal deity within the framework of pure monotheism, which tends to strip away personal qualities and reduce God to a pantheistic Absolute. 104:2.2
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Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- One God in heaven 79:1.9 — Gn 24:3,7; 1 Ki 8:23; 2 Ch 20:6; 2 Ch 36:23; Ezk 1:2; Ezk 5:11-12; Neh 1:4-5; Ps 80:14; Ps 136:26; Ec 5:2; Dn 2:18-19,28; Dt 4:39; Jos 2:11.
- You are God alone 1:0.1 — Neh 9:6. *No God beside you*: 2 Ki 19:19; 1 Ch 17:20; Neh 9:6; Ps 86:10; Sir 36:5; Is 37:16; Is 44:6,8; Is 45:5-6,21; Dt 4:35,39; Dt 6:4; Mk 12:29,32; Jn 17:3; Ro 3:30; 1 Co 8:4-6; Ga 3:20; Eph 4:6; 1 Ti 2:5; Jm 2:19; 1 Sam 2:2; 2 Sam 7:22. *God created heaven & earth*: Gn 1:1; Gn 2:4; Ex 20:11; Ex 31:17; 2 Ki 19:15; 2 Ch 2:12; Neh 9:6; Ps 115:15-16; Ps 121:2; Ps 124:8; Ps 134:3; Ps 146:6; Is 37:16; Is 40:28; Is 42:5; Is 45:12,18; Jer 10:11-12; Jer 32:17; Jer 51:15-16; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Col 1:16; Rev 4:11; Rev 10:6; Rev 14:7. *By sons of God all made*: Ps 33:6. *Universes made by sons of God*: Ps 33:6; Jn 1:1-3; Heb 1:2. *Creator covers self*: Ps 104:2.
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Monotheism is linked in 21 paragraphs of the text.