| Probably the initial development of henotheism is in the idea of a patron deity for a city or country. |
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| Egyptian henotheism understood existence as the result of the activity of a single creator together with his company. |
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| In other words, there is a monarchical structure in political life paralleled by henotheism in religion. |
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| There henotheism seems to have been very important, since a person could choose one god for particular worship as if he were the only god. |
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| Between the extremes of exclusive monotheism and unlimited polytheism are the middle positions of inclusive monotheism and henotheism. |
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| Bottero's concise explanation of henotheism clarifies how a pantheon, with its bewildering myriad of gods, becomes personalised through personal preference for a single deity. |
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| The sun deity Shamash was worshiped at Hatra and elsewhere, but the henotheism of the ancient Middle East was giving way to acceptance of universalist religions, if the prevalent view cannot yet be called one of monotheism. |
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| Egyptian religion is of special interest with regard to the various topics treated in this article, for in it are found polytheism, henotheism, pluriform monotheism, trinitarian speculations, and even a kind of monotheism. |
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| Many later authors prefer the term monolatry which is the worship of one god, whether or not the existence of other deities is posited to the term henotheism. |
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