Originally posted by Kafka
Mithras did the same things Jesus did before him, it’s all bogus.
This ⬆️ statement is completely bogus,
as usual you have zero idea what you’re talking about.
The idea of a relationship between Jesus and early Christianity and Mithras is based on a remark written by the 2nd century Christian writer, Justin Martyr, who accused the cultists of Mithras of imitating the Christian communion rite. This is the
only historical or otherwise connection between Jesus and the Roman deity Mithras.
Based upon this, Ernest Renan in 1882 depicted two rival religions: "if the growth of Christianity had been prevented by some mortal malady, Ernest believed the world would have been Mithraic"
But obviously the two groups did not have similar aims, and there was
never any chance of this occurring.
The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the late 1st century A.D., and disappears from it in the late 4th century A.D.
Unlike the major mythological figures of Graeco-Roman religion, such as Jupiter and Hercules, no ancient source preserves the mythology of the god.
All of our information is therefore derived from depictions on monuments, and the limited mentions of the cult in literary sources.
The ancient writer Justin Martyr referred to one of the ritual meals of the cult as being a parody of Christianity.
Cumont tried and failed to interpret some of the Mithraic ideas in Christian terms.
What is certain in historical records is the belief that Mithras is born from a rock.
He is depicted in his temples hunting down and slaying a bull in the tauroctony.
He then meets with the sun, who kneels to him.
The two then shake hands, and dine on bull parts.
Little is known about the beliefs associated with this.
The ancient histories of the cult by Euboulos and Pallas have perished.
The name of the god was certainly given as Mithras (with an 's') in Latin monuments, although Mithra may have been used in Greek.
