Examining the Evidence: Is Jesus Christ a Copy of the “Pagan” God Mithras? — Bishop’s Encyclopedia of Religion, Society and Philosophy

As we briefly noted, the cult of Mithraism was an emergent secretive religion that begun in the late first century CE of the Roman Empire. It evidently flourished and its rituals became widely practiced across the Mediterranean world. Importantly, this refers specifically to the Roman cult of Mithraism, which itself is considered to have been […]

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