Only with the emergence of Orthodox Christianity as reflected in the Apostle's Creed and the final decline of Hellenistic paganism by the 6th century does " Paganism " become a concept clearly distinct from Christianity.

American deist Ethan Allen demonstrates this thinking in his work, Reason the Only Oracle of Man ( 1784 ) where he argues in the preface that nearly every philosophical problem is beyond humanity ’ s understanding, including the miracles of Christianity, although he does allow for the immortality of an immaterial soul.

Only a minority take an aggressive attitude towards those who speak against Christianity, " preaching full-on fire and brimstone and Old Testament style God's wrath back at extreme satanists ".

Only once or twice does Rutilius speak directly of Christianity, and then only to attack the monks, whom the secular authorities had hardly as yet recognized, and whom, indeed, only a short time before, a Christian emperor had conscripted by the thousands into the ranks of his army.

Only a few religions were banned by the Roman authorities, as being incompatible with the official Roman religion and / or politically subversive, notably Druidism and Christianity.

Only Jews were taxed to support state boarding schools for Jewish converts to Christianity.

" p. 202 Only in changing oneself is one equal with another according to Kierkegaard because in Christianity all are equal before God.

Only ten years later, Christianity was made legal in Egypt by Diocletian's successor Constantine I.

After the ascendency of Christianity in the Roman Empire, the consular processions in Constantinople retained their religious character, now proceeding to Hagia Sophia, where prayers and offerings were made ; but in Rome, where Christianity was not so widely spread among the upper classes, at first the tendency was to convert the procession into a purely civil function, omitting the pagan rites and prayers, without substituting Christian ones Only after Theodosius did the processions become a religious event, repeat with icons, crosses, and banners.

Only that portion of it to which has been given the name Canons of the Apostles was received in the Eastern Christianity.

Only the coming of Christianity did the fear of burning in hell appear with rewards and punishments reserved for an after-life.

Only 710 of 2, 227 passengers and crew on board survived.

Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times, and there is a longstanding debate about his authorship of one of these plays, Prometheus Bound.

Only the Caninae lineage, commonly referred to as " canines ", survived to the present day.

Only three survived past infancy: His sister Rousmaniere, and his brothers Wendell and Charles.

Only the Supreme Court survived the fire of August 24, 1814, nearly intact.

Only 22 men survived, while between 98 and 112 people perished.

Only a total of five letters between the couple are known to have survived, two letters from Martha to George and three from him to Martha.

Only the daytime games survived during this period ; game shows remained a fixture of daytime television through the 1960s along with soap operas, reruns, and local telecasts of old films.

Only 20, 000 of his men survived the campaign.

Only 1000 survived and only one ship managed to return to Scotland.

Only twenty-seven years old at his death, Moseley could in many scientists ' opinions have contributed a lot to the knowledge of atomic structure had he survived.

Only one leaf of the manuscript survived and it is now kept in the National and University Library of Iceland.

Only fragments of their plays have survived.

Only one significant group of arrows, from the Mary Rose, has survived.

Only the latter survived into the late 17th century.

Only one of this first series ( and very few of the following three in which he did not appear ) has survived, the rest of the original disc recordings having apparently been destroyed or discarded as no longer usable, so there is almost no record of his work as a radio " Goon ".

Only a few lines of the poem have survived, but a prose retelling became popular and was later incorporated into two other romances.

Only two survived despite resuscitation measures.

Only 53 teams in the modern era have posted sub -. 500 records in April and survived to make the postseason.

Only Solaris survived into the ' 90s releasing Nostradamus Book of Prophecies in 1999.

Only Martha and Mary survived to adulthood.

Only five of his ships survived.

Only Channel One had a smooth transition to the Ostankino Channel One and the network itself survived.

Only Mary and Joseph survived to adulthood.

Only a few calliopes have survived, and these are rarely played.

*# The division of mankind threatens it with destruction ... Only universal cooperation under conditions of intellectual freedom and the lofty moral ideals of socialism and labor, accompanied by the elimination of dogmatism and pressure of the concealed interests of ruling classes, will preserve civilization ...

Only the Legio IX Hispana is likely to have stayed there, as it is attested to being in residence at Eburacum ( York ) in 71 and on a building inscription there dated 108, before its eventual destruction fighting in the East, likely during the Bar Kochba Revolt.

Only dragons rivalled their capacity for ferocity and destruction, and during the First Age of Middle-earth, they were among the most feared of Morgoth's forces.

Only two city gates ( the Berkelpoort and the Grendelpoort ) and a part of the citywalls survived destruction.

Only after the destruction of the Second Temple was the Sanhedrin made up only of sages.

Only after their destruction could the invading Mongols proceed to remove the Abbasid caliph from Baghdad and advance their conquest westward.

Only man can enjoy the idea of destruction.

Only the fortress of Leicester and Mount Sorrell survived this destruction.

Only total destruction will unlock all its treasures.

Only one battle was a real victory for Earth, involving the destruction of the Minbari flagship Black Star.

Only the Word of the Holy Saint is beyond destruction " ( SGGS )

Only with the destruction of the Tirpitz in 1944 did the Home Fleet assume a lower priority, and most of its heavy units were withdrawn to be sent to the Far East.

Only years later, after England's destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 ( in which Drake played a significant role ), did Queen Elizabeth allow an official account of Drake's voyage by Richard Hakluyt to be published — though with many of the details obscured.

Only two gas and two electric plants, all located far from the city, survived the destruction.

Only the unfortunate impact of a Venetian cannonball into the building, then used to store gunpowder, led to the destruction of much of this important temple, more than 2, 000 years after it was built.

Only the south-facing wall and the roof had burned away, compared to the total destruction of the conventional homes.

Only two Polish fighters were killed in the attack and 348 able-bodied Jewish prisoners, who were left in Gęsiówka to assist with the destruction of the evidence of mass murder, were rescued from certain death.

Only his love for Yasha-ō, his adoptive father, finally triumphs over his lust for destruction.

Only the destruction of the subject's brain can free it from its hellish prison, though the unfortunate is likely to be incurably insane long before the welcomed release.

Only the gatehouse, crested by battlements, survived the castle's destruction in 1646 ; standing three storeys high, it measures internally.

Only in late May did the Germans succeed in causing destruction in Harstad ; a raid on 20 May destroying oil tanks and civilian houses and another raid on 23 May hitting Allied shipping in the harbour.

Only degaussing or physical destruction is acceptable for the latter.

Only degaussing ( with an NSA approved degausser ) or physical destruction is acceptable.

Only 4 of the 17 major French ships escaped destruction or capture and with French losses six times greater than those of the British, it was a triumphant victory.