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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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PACCEKA-BUDDHA:

PAHLAVI LITERATURE:

PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809):

PALEY, William (1743-1805):

PANNENBERG, Wolfhart (1928-):

PAPIAS (60-130):

PARACELSUS (1493-1541):

PARETO, Vilfredo (1848-1923):

PARMENIDES (513-448 B.C.):

PARSEE [Parsis]:

PARSONS, Talcot (1902-1979):

PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662):

PATAÑJALI (2nd century B.C.):

PAICCA-SAMUPPATION:

PATRICK (390-460):

PAUL, THE APOSTLE (1st century):

PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936):

PEALE, Norman Vincent (1928-1986):

PEASANT'S REVOLT:

PELAGIUS (360-420):

PENN, William (1644-1718):

PEOPLE'S TEMPLE:

PERSPICUITY OF SCRIPTURE:

PETER (1st century):

PETER Lombard (1100-1160):

PETER THE HERMIT (1050-1115):

PETITIO PRINCIPII:

PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION:

PHILIPP OF HESSE (1504-1567):

PHILO (30 B.C.-50 A.D.):

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION:

PHOTIUS (810-895):

PIAGET, Jean (1896-1981):

PI-HSIA YUAN-CHUN:

PIOUS IX (1792-1878):

PLANCK, Max (1858-1947):

PLANTINGA, Alvin (1938-):

PLATO (427?-347 BC):

PLATO'S ACADEMY:

PLATT, Parley P. (1805-1859):

PLOTINUS (205-270 A.D.):

PLUTARCH (46-120 A.D.):

PLYMOUTH BRETHREN:

POLANYI, Michael (1891-1976):

POLYCARP (1st century):

PONTIUS PILATE (1st Century):

POPPER, Sir Karl (1902-):

PORPHYRY (232-303 A.D.):

POSITIVE THINKING:

POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC:

PRABHUPADA, A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Swami (1896-1977):

PRAYER MEETING:

PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD:

PREDESTINATION:

PRESBYTERIANISM:

PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS:

PROBLEM OF EVIL:

PROCESS THEOLOGY:

PRODHON, Pierre Joseph (1809-1865):

PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:

PROPHET, Elizabeth Clair (1940-):

PROTAGORAS (490-410 B.C.):

PROTESTANT PRINCIPLE:

PROVERBS, BOOK OF:

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA:

PSEUDO-SCIENCE:

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION:

PTOLEMY (2nd century):

PURE LAND BUDDHISM:

PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.):

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PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.):

Greek PHILOSOPHER, mathematician and founder of geometry. He established a VEGETARIAN community of scholars who shared all things in common and were initiated to membership through religious RITUALS. Emphasizing the importance of mathematics and music in the quest for TRUTH, he taught the TRANSMIGRATION and believed that the SOUL is imprisoned in the body. His work greatly influenced PLATO.