Mithraist
Mithraist
1. For more than a century, Mithraism, a religion derived from Persia, was the largest single religion in Rome.
一个多世纪来，密特拉教，一个源自波斯的宗教，成为罗马最大的单一宗教。
2. A better determinant of borrowing, is to compare core doctrines between Christianity and Mithraism.
一个更佳的测定，就是比较基督教与密特拉教之间的核心教义。
3. some Christians have suggested that Mithraism may have borrowed some elements from Christianity.Other, non-Christian scholars disagree on both the dating of the gospels and with the conclusions made.
一些基督徒暗示了是密特拉教借来了一些基督教的要素.其他的非基督徒学者既不同意福音书的日期,也不同意得出的结论.
4. some Christians have suggested that Mithraism may have borrowed some elements from Christianity.
一些基督徒暗示了是密特拉教借来了一些基督教的要素。
5. At best, Mithraism only had some common themes with Christianity (and Judaism) which were recorded in both the Old and New Testaments.
一些基督教批判者认为基督教并非以神启为本源而是借鉴了异教徒典据，密特拉为其中之一。
6. It has also been speculated that the ancient Orobouros of Mithraism (the encircling serpent about to bite its own tail) was adapted for a Christian symbol of the limited confines of time and space.
也推测古代密特拉教的大毒蛇标记（环绕的大毒蛇，自己的头咬自己的尾巴）后来被基督教采用，是象征着有限的时间和空间界线。
7. From their common Zoroastrian sources, Mithraism first held that all souls pre-existed in the ethereal regions, and inhabited a body upon birth.
从它们共同的琐罗亚斯德教来源，密特拉教首先持有所有灵魂最先存在于天上领域的观点，在人出生的时候居住在身体内。
8. Their conceptions of the battles between good and evil were almost identical, with Christianity adopting millennial epochs that were integral to Mithraism from Zoroastrianism.
他们善良与邪恶之间的战役的观念几乎是同一的，基督教采用一千年的周期是密特拉教完整地取自于琐罗亚斯德教的。
9. What is far more probable is that as Mithraism developed, it started to adopt Christian concepts.
他们断言密特拉的描述与耶酥有许多共通之处，这种情况如此普遍以至很难作巧合处理。
10. They superimposed astrology, the use of the zodiac, and the deification of the four seasons onto the Persian rites of Mithraism.
他们有占星学阶层，利用十二宫图，把四季神格化成波斯人的密特拉教祭礼。
11. He was well versed in Judaism and in the Mithraism and Alexandrian religion of the day.
他精通犹太教、密特拉教以及当代的亚历山大宗教。
12. By A.D. 200, Mithraism had spread widely through the army, and also among traders and slaves.
公元二百年，密特拉教通过军队而广泛地扩展，在商人和奴隶中也有。
13. At Rome, the third century emperors encouraged Mithraism, because of the support which it afforded to the divine nature of monarchs.
在罗马，第三世纪的君主鼓励密特拉教，因为给予了君主们神的本性。
14. Early Christians initiated converts in March and April by baptism. Mithraism initiated their new members at this time as well.
基督教与拜日教浸礼。都裸身受浸，穿白袍，戴王冠，差别只在一个是持火炬，一个是拿蜡烛。
15. Both Christianity and Mithraism prided themselves in brotherhood and organized their members as church congregations.
基督教和密特拉教都以他们自己的兄弟会为自豪，像教会集合那样组织他们的成员。
16. Soldiers appeared to be the most plentiful followers of Mithraism, and women were apparently not allowed to join.
士兵是大多数密特拉教的追随者，妇女排除在教会之外。
17. Mithraism is generally considered to be of Persian origins, specifically an outgrowth of Zoroastrian culture, though not of Zoroaster's teachings.
密特拉教一般被认为是源自波斯，明确来说是琐罗亚斯德文化的副产品，尽管并不是琐罗亚斯德的教导。
18. Both Mithraism and Christianity considered Sunday their holy day, despite early Christianity observing the Jewish Sabbath for centuries.
密特拉教和基督教都把星期日作为他们的圣日，尽管早期基督教有数个世纪是留意犹太人的安息日。
19. Both Mithraism and early Christianity considered abstinence, celibacy, and self-control to be among their highest virtues.
密特拉教和早期基督教都认为节欲，独身生活和自我控制是他们的最高美德。
20. Mithraism is best documented in the form it had acquired in the later Roman Empire.
密特拉教已经有了成文的文件，在后期罗马帝国获得允许。
21. Mithraism apparently originated in the Eastern Mediterranean around the first or second centuries BC.
密特拉教很明显是源自公元前第一或第二世纪左右的地中海东部。
22. Mithraism was an ancient mystery religion prominent from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.
密特拉教是一个古代的秘密宗教，在公元前一世纪到公元五世纪强盛。
23. "Allegations of an early Christian dependence on Mithraism have been rejected on many grounds.
密特拉教是罗马帝国主流宗教之一，派生于古代波斯的光明与智慧之神。
24. Mithraism disappeared from overt practice after the Theodosian decree of AD 391 banned all pagan rites, and it apparently became extinct thereafter.
密特拉教的消失显然是在公元391年的西奥多法令之后，禁止所有的异教祭礼，从此就销声匿迹。
25. Mithraism arrived fully mature at Rome with the return of the legions from the east in the first century BC.
密特拉教通过罗马军团在公元前一世纪从东部回归，在罗马充分地成熟。
26. Mithraism, an established but exclusive sect devoted to social justice, was assimilated by state-sponsored Christianity before being disposed of in name.
密特拉教，一个已经确立后但唯我独尊的教派，专心于社会的正义，在处理名相之前就被声称的基督教发起者所吸收。
27. Mithraism; A Persian religion associated with Zoroasterianism which had become the unofficial cult of the Roman army.
密特拉教：一种与拜火教相关的波斯宗教，成为了罗马军队的非官方仪式，只是对男性开放。
28. of or relating to Mithraism or its god.
属于或关于密特拉教、密特拉神的。
29. The words Peter (rock) and mass (sacrament) have original significance in Mithraism.
彼得（岩石）和弥撒（圣礼）这些词在密特拉教都有原始重要性。
30. The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans but also the Persians whose religion Mithraism was one of Christianity’s main rivals at that time.
我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。
31. The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans but also the Persians whose religion Mithraism was one of Christianity's main rivals at that time.
是一种乐趣和节日的时候，罗马人，但基督徒认为这令人深恶痛绝纪念异教神。
32. In the absence of any Mithraist scripture, all we know about Mithras is what can be deduced from his images in the mithraea that have survived.
没有密特拉教的手稿，一切有关密特拉教的都是根据幸存的太阳洞穴里面的肖像的推断而得知。
33. It is commonly believed that the cave in Mithraism imagery represents the cosmos, and the rock is the cosmos seen from the outside;
通常认为，密特拉教洞穴的肖像是代表宇宙，岩石是从外面观看的宇宙；
