Lectures On the Influence of the Institutions Thought And Culture of Rome On C
Lectures On the Influence of the Institutions Thought And Culture of Rome On C
Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892
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Isis and Serapis had altars even in the ends of the world. A visitor to the ruins of Pompeii might be tempted to believe that the prin- cipal worship which obtained there was that of Isis. These little Egyptian temples had their assiduous worshippers, among whom were many of the same THE WORK OF ROME ? 35 class as the friends of Catullus and Tibullus. I There was a morning service : a kind of mass, celebrated by a priest, shorn and beardless : there were sprin- klings of holy water: possibly be...nediction in the evening. All this occupied, amused, soothed. What could any one want more ? But it was, above all, the Mithraic worship which in the second and third centuries attained an extra- ordinary prevalence. I sometimes permit myself to say that, if Christianity had not carried the day, Mithraicism would have become the religion of the world. It had its mysterious meetings : its chapels, which bore a strong resemblance to little churches. It forged a very lasting bond of brotherhood between its.
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