After Early Christian Opposition, Iceland Gets First Pagan Temple in Nearly 1000 Years
…cognized religion they were met with resistance from Sigurbjörn Einarsson, Iceland’s Lutheran bishop. Einarsson argued* that while Iceland’s constitution granted everyone the right to “found organizations to serve god,” this meant only monotheistic religions; The faith of Beinsteinsson and his friends was polytheistic and enjoyed no Constitutional protections. Einarsson also suggested that the worship of Norse gods could not be separated from the…
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