Mystery Religions and the New Testament
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780548280751
Subjects: Biblical Studies - Controversial Speculation; History; Religion - World Religions
First sentence: THE general conception underlying the term "Mystery," as used in this connection, has been very well expressed in the following sentences: "The word Mystery was the name of a religious society, founded not on citizenship or kindred, but on the choice of its members, for the practice of rites by which, it was believed, their happiness might be promoted both in this world and in the next.