Mystery Religions and the New Testament
Edition: Facsim.of 1918 Ed edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781564594600
Subjects: New Testament; Religion: general; Biblical Studies - Controversial Speculation; History; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Bible - Controversial Speculation
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.