Kathenotheism
is a term coined by the
philologist
Max Müller to mean the worship of one
god at a time. It is closely related to
henotheism and
polytheism. Müller originally coined the term in reference to the
Vedas; he argued there are different supreme gods at different times. Kathenotheism is sometimes distinguished
as follows: a henotheist worships only one God during their whole life (assuming they do not undergo a conversion); while they
accept that other Gods exist they do not worship them. A kathenotheist worships one God at a time, depending on their
locality or the
time.
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