"The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity"

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"The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity"

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This^ was the title of a late-1949 to early-1950 essay by Martin Luther King Jr when he was a young seminary student -

He had in previous months written a paper titled "A Study of Mithraism" https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king ... -mithraism


There have been publications in recent years about the theology of or citing one or both of these articles [in chronological order] -

http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/nov_dec_09_scofield
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbecket ... gions.html

https://thegodabovegod.com/the-pagan-fa ... king-jr-2/

http://tarongreen.weebly.com/home/dr-ma ... ristianity
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