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date: 09 February 2025

atheism (from Gk. ἄθεος‎, ‘without God’). 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Author(s):
F. L. CrossF. L. Cross, E. A. LivingstoneE. A. Livingstone

The word was originally used in Greece of all those who, whether they believed in God or not, disbelieved in the official gods of the State. Of such men Socrates was the classic instance. In the Roman Empire the term was applied in a similar sense by the pagans to Christians, but sometimes Christians, like ... ...

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