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  • Syncretic” is the word people would use to describe a religion that borrows from local traditions as well as global traditions.

    One Nation, Under Gods 2008

  • Syncretic” is the word people would use to describe a religion that borrows from local traditions as well as global traditions.

    One Nation, Under Gods 2008

  • But the main sects he attacked in 1955 were Cao Dai (Syncretic), Hoa Hao (Buddhist), and a criminal organization called Binh Xuyen.

    Jonathan Schwarz: America, America, God Shed His Crazy On Thee 2008

  • Epicureanism, which it articulated into a Syncretic system.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • In the conviction that in each of the four systems we have thus far considered there must be in spite of imperfections many grains of truth, the Syncretic system hopes by proceeding in an eclectic manner, by adopting the good points of the various systems and eliminating all that is improbable and secondary, to evolve another or fifth system.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • If any one thing is to be specially singled out for commendation in this Syncretic system of grace, it is its insistence on the fact, which cannot be too strongly emphasized, that prayer is our individual duty, an absolute necessity and an infallible means in the attainment of our eternal salvation.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • The distinguishing trait of the Syncretic system is found in the acceptance of two quite distinct sorts of efficacious grace, namely, the (Thomistic-Augustinian) gratia ab intrinseco efficax and the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Circulars, and Communist Apostles; Alists; Plans for Syncretic

    Uncollected Prose 2006

  • At Church of St. John Evangelist The Humanist Experiment of a Syncretic Liturgy for the New Christian Kingdom of New Spain March 10, 2010

    wbur.org THE WBUR NEWSROOM 2010

  • At Church of St. John Evangelist The Humanist Experiment of a Syncretic Liturgy for the New Christian Kingdom of New Spain March 10, 2010

    wbur.org THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010

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