The Mystery-religions: A Study in the Religious Background of Early ChristianityCourier Corporation, 2 de nov. de 2011 - 359 páginas Classic study offers understanding of ancient religious cults, their appeal and eventual failure in the face of Christianity. Eleusinian Mysteries of Greece; Attis and Magna Mater; Dionysian groups; Egyptian Cults of Isis and Osiris; and others. |
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
THE DEFECTS OF THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR ULTIMATE | 5 |
Appearance of the Jews in worldhistory | 22 |
The Romans in contact with the East | 30 |
Growth of Mysterycults from humble origins | 43 |
CHAPTER III | 76 |
Vows of secrecy and deterrent formulae | 115 |
Baptisms and lustral purifications | 122 |
Initiation and communion | 129 |
Epopteia and Blessedness | 135 |
CHAPTER IV | 144 |
Success of the Mysteries | 149 |
Views of ancient writers | 165 |
Astralism | 169 |
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