प्राचीन फारसी धर्म; पहले तीन शताब्दियों के दौरान रोमियों के बीच लोकप्रिय एडी।

Noun:

मिथरा पूजावाद,

mithraism's Usage Examples:

Mithraism courted the favour of Roman paganism and combined monotheism with polytheism, while Christianity was uncompromising.

- The most interesting aspect of Mithraism is its antagonism to Christianity.

- The rapid advance of Mithraism was due to its human qualities.

Owing to the almost absolute disappearance of documentary evidence, it is impossible to know otherwise than very imperfectly the inner life of Mithraism.

- The sources of present knowledge regarding Mithraism consist of the Vedas, the Avesta, the Pahlevi writings, Greek and Latin literature and inscriptions,.

The beginning of the downfall of Mithraism dates from A.D.

Finally, philosophy as well as politics contributed to the success of Mithraism, for the outcome of the attempt to recognize in the Graeco-Roman gods only forces of nature was to make the Sun the most important of deities; and it was the Sun with whom Mithras was identified.

From the end of the 2nd century the emperors encouraged Mithraism, because of the support which it afforded to the divine right of monarchs.

Modified though never essentially changed, (1) by contact with the star-worship of the Chaldaeans, who identified Mithras with Shamash, god of the sun,(2) by the indigenous Armenian religion and other local Asiatic faiths and (3) by the Greeks of Asia Minor, who identified Mithras with Helios, and contributed to the success of his cult by equipping it for the first time with artistic representations (the famous Mithras relief originated in the Pergamene school towards the 2nd century B.C.), Mithraism was first transmitted to the Roman world during the 1st century B.C. by the Cilician pirates captured by Pompey.

Mithraism was at full maturity on its arrival at Rome, the only modifications it ever suffered having been experienced during its younger days in Asia.

mithraism's Meaning':

ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.

Synonyms:

religious belief, Mithraicism, religion, faith,

Antonyms:

apophatism, atheism, doctrine of analogy, cataphatism, unbelief,