Mithraism

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Mithraism. See also Mithras; mystery cults
and Christianity (98:6sec) (98:7.7)
Christian leaders compromised with M. (195:0.9,11)
M. similar in appearance and ritual to early Christianity (98:6.3)
M. was competitor of Paul’s Christianity (121:5.8)
Paul’s atonement doctrine derived from (121:6.5)
Roman Mithraic temple became Christian church (132:0.5)
arose in Iran (98:4.5) (98:5.2)
encouraged militarism; tolerant of other religions (98:6.4)
greatly improved by Zoroaster’s teachings (98:5.2) (98:7.6)
Iranian priests resurrected M. to combat Zoroastrianism (95:6.7)
Jesus sought out worth-while M. leaders (130:7.3) (132:0.4)
orgiastic celebrations (134:6.16)
Roman legions spread M. over Empire (98:5.1)
school at Urmia reopened as temple of (134:6.16)
Sol Invictus was sun-god of (98:5.3)
sun worship gave rise to M. in Iran (85:5.2)
supplanted Phrygian and Egyptian mysteries (98:5.1)

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