expressed as "religio honours the gods, superstitio wrongs them." Seneca wrote an entire treatise on superstitio, known to St. Augustine but no longer extant...

quotation to verify][need quotation to verify] In antiquity, the Latin term superstitio, like its equivalent Greek deisidaimonia, became associated with exaggerated...

novelties and the seductions of superstitio. Excessive devotion and enthusiasm in religious observance were superstitio, in the sense of "doing or believing...

this passage 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 religiō at times....

and of mutual benefit. Undignified grovelling, excessive enthusiasm (superstitio) and secretive practices were "weak-minded" and morally suspect. Magical...

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....

"recondite science" of geomancy along with astrology as yet another superstitio absurdissima of the heathens: "What could be more absurd than their imagining...

Younger and Tacitus in his Annals about 116, refer to Christianity as superstitio, excessive and non-traditional religiosity that was socially disruptive...

Janssen, L.F. "'Superstitio' and the Persecution of the Christians." Vigilae Christianae. Vol. 33 No. 2 (June 1979): 138. Janssen, "'Superstitio' and the Persecution...

proper sacrifice and the impious proliferation of "foreign" cults and superstitio. Religious law focused on the sacrificial requirements of particular...

and paganism were regarded as belonging under the broader category of superstitio (superstition), another term borrowed from pre-Christian Roman culture...

The Translatio S. Liborii remarks on their obstinacy in pagan ritus et superstitio ('usage and superstition'). The conversion of the Saxons in England from...

Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat; repressaque in praesens exitiabilis superstitio rursum erumpebat, non modo per Iudaeam, originem eius mali, sed per urbem...

and paganism were regarded as belonging under the broader category of superstitio (superstition), another term borrowed from pre-Christian Roman culture...

slaves, and discovered nothing but "depraved, excessive superstition" (superstitio). By using this word instead of religio, religion, Pliny is "denigrating...

Theodosius complies. 399 The Western Roman Emperor Honorius calls Judaism superstitio indigna (unworthy superstition) and confiscates gold and silver collected...

govern the world. That Lucretius regarded "religio" as synonymous with "superstitio" is implied by "super....instans" in [line] 65. Hastings, James (1909)...

on their lapels. It is now classed as an honor society. Its motto is "Superstitio solum in animo inscii habitat" or “Superstition dwells only in the ignorant...

the author of The True Word evidently shared a passionate zeal against superstitio, making it even easier to see how Origen could have concluded that they...

Christians, therefore many of them considered Christianity to be some sort of superstitio Iudaica. From the 2nd century onward, the Church Fathers began to condemn...

the author of The True Word evidently shared a passionate zeal against superstitio, making it even easier to see how Origen could have concluded that they...

Christians did not treat paganism as a living religion; it was defined as a superstitio— an 'outmoded illusion.': 74  According to Burckhardt and his followers...

Christians did not treat paganism as a living religion; it was defined as a superstitio – an 'outmoded illusion.' Constantine made many derogatory and contemptuous...

imitari exempla quam in sacculis portare ossa […] Haec est pharisaica superstitio," Monumenta Alcuiniana p. 719 (Online). "Le talisman de Charlemagne"...

science" of geomancy with that of astrology, viewing it as yet another superstitio absurdissima: "What could be more absurd than their imagining that the...

tradition. In the eyes of many non-believers, it was an unacceptable form of superstitio; its founder had been executed by Roman authority, it was seen as having...

sacrifice. This was in keeping with his personal maxim was: "Cesset superstitio; sacrificiorum aboleatur insania" (Let superstition cease; let the folly...

Marchetti, Giancarlo; Rignani, Orsola; Sorge, Valeria (eds.). Ratio et superstitio: Essays in Honor of Graziella Federici Vescovini. Textes et Études du...