The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of the Western empire. Energetically suppressed by the early Christians, who frequently constructed their churches over the caves in which Mithraic rituals took place, the cult was extinct by the end of the fourth century. Since its publication in Germany, Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable and readable account of this fascinating subject. For the English edition, Clauss has updated...
The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of th...
Athanasius der Große (um 300-373 n.Chr.) war Bischof der Mittelmeer-Metropole Alexandria und stand im Brennpunkt der Formierung des jungen Christentums. Im Kampf gegen die Lehre des Arianismus fällt ihm eine zentrale Rolle zu. Der bekannte Althistoriker und Theologe Manfred Clauss schreibt die erste moderne Biographie dieses unbeugsamen Heiligen.
Athanasius der Große (um 300-373 n.Chr.) war Bischof der Mittelmeer-Metropole Alexandria und stand im Brennpunkt der Formierung des jungen Christentu...