The glorious freedom in which the early church rejoiced had by the Middle Ages been transformed into a new form of bondage, actually the resurgence of an ancient form of bondage, that in which man was enslaved to his own mythological world. (religion-online.org)
This little bit of mythological world building was necessary to keep away any of the inevitable questions surrounding time travel narratives. (christianitytoday.com)
The mythological world of ancient man led of necessity to religion. (religion-online.org)