. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . ; GREECE AND ITALY, 221 of the dead for the sake of obtaining life immortal areolder than Christianity. The competitors of Christianity which endeavored to. Mithras the Saviour. (Borghesi Monument, now at the Louvre in Paris )* * The monument bears the inscription Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae. Mithrassacrifices in a cave a bull for the forgiveness of sins. A dog licks the drippingblood, called nama sebesion (the sacred 6uid). A serpent crawls on the scorpion pinches off the bulls testicles. A you
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . ; GREECE AND ITALY, 221 of the dead for the sake of obtaining life immortal areolder than Christianity. The competitors of Christianity which endeavored to. Mithras the Saviour. (Borghesi Monument, now at the Louvre in Paris )* * The monument bears the inscription Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae. Mithrassacrifices in a cave a bull for the forgiveness of sins. A dog licks the drippingblood, called nama sebesion (the sacred 6uid). A serpent crawls on the scorpion pinches off the bulls testicles. A youth at the left turns a torch up-wards ; at the right, downwards. A raven, which here looks like an owl, witnessesthe scene. Over the cave, the sungod, Helios, and the goddess of the moon, Selene,drive past in their chariots. Whether the sacrifice of the bull was practised or onlycommemorated is not known. Concerning the significance of the Mithras mysterieslittle is known, except that initiations were by penances, fasts, self-mortifications,lustrations, and water and fire probations. Baptism was practised, and Mithraswas called the mediator for the remission of sin. The most important referencesbesides the monuments are passages in Justin Mar
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