... All the facts make it evident
that the 'UNINTELLIGENT EARLY CHRISTIANS
('the populace'),
who had unwittingly made a 'LITERAL ADOPTION'
of pre­Christian types
and believed they had been historically Fulfilled,

-were IN FACT for 'THE FIRST TIME'-

becoming conscious of the Cult
🮥 that had preceded Theirs.

#Christian cult #Ancient Wisdom