Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
he puts it by way of encomium: (the word) does not seem to mean anything offensive— δεισιδαιμονεστέρους, that is, εὐλαβεστέρους, more religiously disposed. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with his inscription, To an Unknown God. What therefore ye ignorantly worship, this declare I unto you.
