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"Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present. The genesis and spread of Mithraism remain highly controversial. This book examines our current state of knowledge on the pre-Classical Indo-Iranian god, Mitra, and argues that Mithraism was a product of Mitra's encounter with the religious thought of the Classical world. It then charts the life history of Mithraism in the Roman Empire, exploring the social background of its initiates and the reasons for their attraction to the religion. The rituals and beliefs of the cult are as mysterious as its origins; in studying Mithraic "caves" and paintings found in some Mithraic temples, we can better understand and reconstruct the rituals the Mithraists practiced. While "bull-slaying", or tauroctony, lies at the core of the Mithraic mythos, this volume explores other incidents in the god's life depicted in ancient art, including his miraculous birth and his banquet with the sun, as well as the disconcerting lion-headed "enveloped god". After a fall from grace in the post-Classical world, Mithras has resurrected himself in the present, establishing himself as one of the most recognisable if elusive gods of antiquity. Mithras provides a fascinating study of this complex god that will be of interest to scholars and students of Roman and Late Antique religion, mystery cults, as well as those working on society and religion in antiquity more broadly"--

Mithraism --- Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) --- Rome --- Religion.

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Wisigoths --- 276 =71 <363.62> --- Latijnse patrologie--Visigoten --- Christian literature, Early --- Church history --- Visigoths --- Latin authors. --- Spain --- Church history. --- History --- Latin authors --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Eglise --- Auteurs latins --- Histoire --- Espagne --- Histoire religieuse --- Visigoths in Spain --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Christian literature, Early - Latin authors --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Visigoths - Spain --- Spain - Church history --- Spain - History - Gothic period, 414-711

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This book is a new annotated translation of Orosius’s Seven Books of History against the Pagans. Orosius’s History, which begins with the creation and continues to his own day, was an immensely popular and standard work of reference on antiquity throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Its importance lay in the fact that Orosius was the first Christian author to write not a church history, but rather a history of the secular world interpreted from a Christian perspective. This approach gave new relevance to Roman history in the medieval period and allowed Rome’s past to become a valued part of the medieval intellectual world. The structure of history and methodology deployed by Orosius formed the dominant template for the writing of history in the medieval period, being followed, for example, by such writers as Otto of Freising and Ranulph Higden. Orosius’s work is therefore crucial for an understanding of early Christian approaches to history, the development of universal history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages, for which it was both an important reference work and also a defining model for the writing of history.

World history --- Church history --- Apologetics --- Histoire universelle --- Eglise --- Apologétique --- Early works to 1800. --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Histoire --- History, Ancient --- Orosius, Paulus --- Orosius, Paulus. --- #GGSB: Patrologie (alg.) --- Apologétique --- Patrologie (alg.) --- World history - Early works to 1800 --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Apologetics - Early works to 1800 --- History, Ancient - Early works to 1800

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Episcopat --- Episcopaat: aartsbisschop; primaat; bisschop; metropoliet; patriarch; exarch --- -Episcopaat: aartsbisschop; primaat; bisschop; metropoliet; patriarch; exarch --- 262.12 Episcopaat: aartsbisschop; primaat; bisschop; metropoliet; patriarch; exarch --- -262.12 Episcopaat: aartsbisschop; primaat; bisschop; metropoliet; patriarch; exarch --- Bishops --- Church history --- Episcopacy --- 262.12 --- 27 "00/05" --- Collegiality of bishops --- Church polity --- Apostolic succession --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Archbishops --- Clergy --- Major orders --- Metropolitans --- Orders, Major --- Chaplains, Bishops' --- History --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"00/05" --- Collegiality --- History. --- Evêques --- Eglise --- Histoire

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