Talk:Enthusiasm

message: Enthusiasm in the first and second Great Awakenings should be thoroughly covered in this article. Until it is the article has a glaring omission in its heart. I've researched and written on revival enthusiasm. Though time does not allow at the moment I will revisit the article later and help to address this deficiency if it still exists.Will3935 07:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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message: The term "Enthusiasm" originally stems from the Greek "en theos", literally "In God".
It was coined shortly after the traditional beginning of the Christian religion, and a term which was used to describe a believer's passion or great interest, involvement, ect. in the Christian God and the Personal Relationship with Him, as described in traditional Christian theologies. It had nothing to do with possession, but more of obsession, involving great love or passion of the converts to the new religion.
"Theos" and "Theo" both have meanings involving God.
The Greek word "en" gave us "in" in the English Language.
"Theocracy" means a government run by a religious institution.
Also from a grammatical standpoint, "in God" or "en theos", technically one is in God, as in they are "in God", into Him, meaning an interest or passion (and even obsession) to said religion. It doesn't mean God is in them. That would be possession.
"Enthusiasm" in Greek language was "en theos", and came around the time of Rome, before it was split, but after an emperor came to be.
The Bible cites that those who converted through the Apostle Paul continued to witness to others, spreading the religion as a whole.
Historically, Christianity spread rapidly despite religious persecution. It all cumulated when Emperor Constantine converted to Christ and made it the state religion.
Enthusiasm was then "paganized" (as in moved to a more generic/secular meaning than its original religious origins), it now applies to great excitement or enjoyment in any item, such as sports.
However, this opinion may be slightly biased, considering I am a Christian man and it was my pastor who first brought it to my attention. I did research of my own, and Roman history and the spreading process of Christianity (and Paul) may help to confirm this.
Though it can be noted that my preacher studied Greek etymology for years. For background reference, he's from the Baptist denomination down south in Georgia (the U.S. state).
74.184.188.59 (talk) 23:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You can find lots of etymology information on .  More or less it agrees with what you said there.  <FONT COLOR="#800000"><B>Soap</B></FONT> Talk/Contributions 03:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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message: The picture's caption reads : "A U.S. Coast Guard auxiliarist looking enthusiastic."
To me this coast guard could look simply happy, or amused, or welcoming (etc.), depending on the context. I don't think the photo helps much in understanding what "enthusiasm" means. Regards, Camster (talk) 07:51, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
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