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Whether there are any superstitions within Christianity depends on your definition of superstition.

Some see all religion as superstition and on that view Christianity is, in its entirety, superstition.

The ancient Romans did not regard their own religion as a form of superstition, but when Christianity came to their attention, the authorities labelled it superstitio - a superstition, again in its entirety.

Fear of the devil and of demons is consistent with superstition, and rituals of exorcism can be called superstitions. Similarly, the earlier Christian belief in witches was a form of superstition.

Veneration of saints was controversial in early times, as some Christians saw this as akin to polytheism. An alternative view is that it is akin to superstition.

Veneration of supposed relics of saints is really no different to what we mean by superstition.

Belief in apparitions of the virgin Mary is arguably a form of superstition, as is belief that certain places are associated with healing miracles.

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