Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity

Accession according Alexander Alexandrian ancient Antiochus appears Asia associations Assyria attributed authorities become beginning belief body Book called century Charles Christian Church common Culte dead death deities described Dionysos Divine doctrine doubt early earth Egypt Egyptian Empire Essenes evidently existence faith father followed give given Gnostics goddess gods Greek hand Hippolytus Hymn idea infra initiates Isis Jewish Jews King known later light magic matter means mind Mysteries nature never once origin Orphic Osiris Papyri Paris perhaps Persian Plutarch practice priests probably progress Ptolemy quoted religion religious represented Revue Roman Rome says secret sect seems seen Serapis Simon Society soul statue story Studies taken teaching temple things thou thought Translated turn universe whole worship writers Zeus