Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy?

CHALUPA, Aleš. Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy? Religio: Revue pro religionistiku. 2008, vol. 16, No 2, p. 177-201. ISSN 1210-3640.

Basic information

Original name

Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy?

Name in Czech

Sedm mithraistických stupňů: iniciační, nebo knšžská hierarchie?

Authors

CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 2008, 1210-3640

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/08:00034930

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Mithraism; Mithraic Grades

Tags

Mithraic Grades, Mithraism

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The article re-opens the problem of Mithraic Grades in the light of some new important discoveries. It comes to conclusion that 1)they can still be seen as initiatory and at least theoretically a religious goal of all Mithraists; 2) they were vertically structured and initiation into them imitated a journey of the soul through planetary spheres; 3) they were universal and existed in all (or at least in the majority of) Mithraic communities; 4)they were an integral part of Mithraic ideology and were used from the very beginnings of the cult.

In Czech

Studie se věnuje přezkoumání některých problémů spojených s výkladem mithraistických stupňů.