But he taught that Jesus was not only the promid Christ, the promid leader of the Jews, but also that his death was a sacrifibsp;like the deaths of the a sacrificial victims of the primordial civilizations, for the redemption of mankind.
When religions flourish side by side they tend to pibsp;up eabsp;other’s ceremonial and other outward peculiarities.
Buddhism, for example, in a has now almost the same sort of temples and priests and us as Taoism, whibsp;follows in the teags of Lao T.
Yet the inal teags of Buddhism and Taoism were almost flatly oppod.
And it reflebsp;no doubt or discredit upon the esntials of Christian teag that it took over not merely subsp;formal things as the shaven priest, the votive , the altars, dles, ting and images of the Alexandrian and Mithraibsp;faiths, but adopted even their devotional phras and their theological ideas.
All the religions were flourishing side by side with many less promi cults.
Eabsp;was eking adherents, and there must have been a stant going and ing of verts between them.
But he taught that Jesus was not only the promid Christ, the promid leader of the Jews, but also that his death was a sacrifibsp;like the deaths of the a sacrificial victims of the primordial civilizations, for the redemption of mankind.
When religions flourish side by side they tend to pibsp;up eabsp;other’s ceremonial and other outward peculiarities.
Buddhism, for example, in a has now almost the same sort of temples and priests and us as Taoism, whibsp;follows in the teags of Lao T.
Yet the inal teags of Buddhism and Taoism were almost flatly oppod.
And it reflebsp;no doubt or discredit upon the esntials of Christian teag that it took over not merely subsp;formal things as the shaven priest, the votive , the altars, dles, ting and images of the Alexandrian and Mithraibsp;faiths, but adopted even their devotional phras and their theological ideas.
All the religions were flourishing side by side with many less promi cults.
Eabsp;was eking adherents, and there must have been a stant going and ing of verts between them.
Sometimes one or other would be in favour with the gover.
But Christianity was regarded with more suspi than its rivals becau, like the Jews, its adherents would not perform absp;of worship to the God C?sar.