RELIGIOUS SETTING OF THE NT
ELEMENTS OF ROMAN RELIGION
PAGANISM: Polytheism, Idolatry, Mythology
STATE RLGN: Govt. control of Holidays, Priests
EMPEROR WORSHIP: Emperor as god; Senate voted at death
MYSTERY RELIGIONS: Dionysus, Mithra, etc.
PHILOSOPHIES: Platonism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, etc.
GNOSTICISM: Secret knowledge, Aeons
SUPERSTITIONS: Magic, Augury, Exorcism
Elements of all were combined ("Syncretism").
