Sentences with phrase «roman mystery cults»
The early church faced a bewildering array of philosophical challenges and competitors, from Neo-Platonism and Manichaeism to the Roman mystery cults, with many of the great saints, martyrs and apologists of that age being converts from other belief systems.
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It was (and is) a pagan - based mystery cult that due to an accident in history (i.e. the Roman - Jewish War 66 - 70 CE, during which Jesus» original sect called «the Nazoreans» ceased to exist) has become Christianity, a non-Jewish and anti-Jewish religion.
Christianity took soil in the Roman Empire because they were sick of the pantheon and all the associated cults and mystery religions — a great big mess.