Was Jesus born on Christmas Day?
I know we’re out of the Christmas season now, but here’s a post by Tim Staples asking: Was Jesus born on Christmas Day?
Tag: Mithras
Friday Frivolity: Horus Ruins Christmas
Lutheran Satire knocks it out of the park on this one…
Whenever someone tells you that Christians copied from Mithras etc., always remember to ask for Primary Source information!
Justin Time!
Yesterday I identified some of the common features recognizable by Catholics in St. Justin’s description of the Second Century liturgy. There were two other comments I wanted to make about the extract we studied last night in the JP2 Group from Justin’s First Apology.
Accept no imitations
It is popular these days to assert that Christianity just stole ideas from all the other religions around it. It is fortuitous, therefore, that we have the testimony of Justin asserting that it was the Mithras cult which imitated the Christian Eucharist and not the other way around:
“This the wicked devils have imitated, commanding the same thing to be done in the mysteries of Mithras. There, in the mystic rites of initiation, bread and a cup of water are placed amid certain incantations. This you already know or can discover”
Now, whether you choose to believe Justin’s assertion is another matter, but it is significant that we have a Christian writing to a Pagan Emperor trying to set the record straight.