Pantheism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== ''Pantheism'' derives from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] word πᾶν ''pan'' (meaning "all, of everything") and θεός ''theos'' (meaning "god, divine"). The first known combination of these roots appears in [[Latin]], in [[Joseph Raphson]]'s 1697 book ''De Spatio Reali seu Ente Infinito'',<ref name="Thomson" /> where he refers to the "pantheismus" of Spinoza and others.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Bron|title=Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature|date=2008|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1441122780|pages=1341–1342|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4mvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1342|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref> It was subsequently translated into English as "pantheism" in 1702. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page