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The stages in the spread of the Mithraist rites throughout Italy cannot be clearly traced.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The pure morality of the Mithraist creed might seem to have little in common with the orgies of the devotees of Attis and the Great Mother.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
There will be strife 'Twixt Montanist and Ebionite, Gnostic, Mithraist, Manichean, 'Twixt Christian and the Saracen.
From Toward the Gulf by Edgar Lee Masters
The Mithraist discipline and sacraments prepare it for the ascent after death.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Initiation in the mysteries, after many rites of cleansing and trial, was the crowning privilege of the Mithraist believer.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
