Melchizedek Gospel—Response in the Occident (Part 3)

Caesar Augustus mandated worship of the emperor in a bid to eradicate the proliferating mystery religions among the Latins.  The Cynics exhorted the Romans to abandon the fervid and emotional mystery cults and return to a form of worship embodying Melchizedek's gospel.  But the people at large preferred to plunge into the rituals of the mysteries, which offered hopes of personal salvation while gratifying earthly desires.

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