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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: his death through his betrayal by the powers of darkness
and his resurrection from the tomb and ascent into heaven.[1]
The Egyptian doctrines descended through Alexandria
into Christianity--and though they did not influence the
latter deeply until about 300 A.D., yet they then succeeded
in reaching the Christian Churches, giving a color to their
teachings with regard to the Savior, and persuading them to
accept and honor the Egyptian worship of Isis in the Christian
form of the Virgin Mary.
[1] See ch. ii.
Again, another great stream of influence descended from
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
