. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. High Priest Offering the Holy Water tothe Isiaqui .. II. Pantomime in the Isiaque Cult. Fresques dHerculaneum.—E. Guimet, LIsis romaine). Plate XVI. The Mysteries of I sis [93 Thisp muI, the supreme boon of the I iac initiation, i • phi often found on the tombs of the initiated: Havefaith in ()siris! Despite its shortcomings and some obscurityin its symbols, the worship of Isis succeeded in holding its ground in the Roman world for a periodof five hundred years. The Christian faith, ininfancy, had no better equipped rival. Thewhole world now swears by Ser
. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. High Priest Offering the Holy Water tothe Isiaqui .. II. Pantomime in the Isiaque Cult. Fresques dHerculaneum.—E. Guimet, LIsis romaine). Plate XVI. The Mysteries of I sis [93 Thisp muI, the supreme boon of the I iac initiation, i • phi often found on the tombs of the initiated: Havefaith in ()siris! Despite its shortcomings and some obscurityin its symbols, the worship of Isis succeeded in holding its ground in the Roman world for a periodof five hundred years. The Christian faith, ininfancy, had no better equipped rival. Thewhole world now swears by Serapis, exclaimedTertullian indignantly. In fact, with its pri<hood, white-robed, tonsured, of ascetic life; itscongregation of believers, its monks and nuns; itsceremonies of baptism and communion; its doc-trines of salvation and redemption; its preachingsfrom the pulpit, its daily services in the temple; itshabits of contemplation and ecstatic adoration; itsyearning for truth and justice,—the cult of Isisappears as a sort of pre-Christianity. On certainpoints, the resem
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