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Uploaded: 17 Apr 2017 (9 years ago) · Shared: 30 Nov 2017
Duration: 18:13
Uploaded: 17 Apr 2017 (9 years ago) · Shared: 30 Nov 2017
Duration: 18:13
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Uncover the mysterious history of the Cult of Mithras with ReligionForBreakfast as Dr. Andrew Mark Henry explores one of the Roman Empire's most intriguing ancient religions. Once a
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Who are ReligionForBreakfast?ReligionForBreakfast is an educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. We strive to raise the level of conversation about religion on YouTube by exploring surprising facts about humanity's beliefs and rituals through an anthropological, sociological, and archaeological lens. Here at RFB we respect everyone: religious, non-religious, and everyone in between.
Who was Mithras?Mithraism, was a mystery religion centered on the god Mithras that was practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to the 4th century CE. The religion was inspired by Persian worship of the god Mithra (Proto-Indo-Iranian/Vedic Mitra), though the Greek Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman practice is debated. Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation and communal ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples, called mithraea, which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome.
