The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
The Melchizedek teachings entered Europe along many routes, but chiefly they came by way of Egypt and were embodied in Occidental philosophy after being thoroughly Hellenized and later Christianized. The ideals of the Western world were basically Socratic, and its later religious philosophy became that of Jesus as it was modified and compromised through contact with evolving Occidental philosophy and religion, all of which culminated in the Christian church. For a long time in Europe the Salem missionaries carried on their activities, becoming gradually absorbed into many of the cults and ritual groups which periodically arose. Among those who maintained the Salem teachings in the purest form must be mentioned the Cynics. These preachers of faith and trust in God were still functioning in Roman Europe in the first century after Christ, being later incorporated into the newly forming Christian religion. Much of the Salem doctrine was spread in Europe by the Jewish mercenary soldiers who fought in so many of the Occidental military struggles. In ancient times the Jews were famed as much for military valor as for theologic peculiarities. The basic doctrines of Greek philosophy, Jewish theology, and Christian ethics were fundamentally repercussions of the earlier Melchizedek teachings.
--Presented by a Melchizedek of Nebadon, from the Urantia Papers. The Salem Religion Among the Greeks The Salem missionaries might have built up a great religious structure among the Greeks had it not been for... Greek Philosophic Thought Much of the strength of Christianity is due to its having borrowed heavily from both Hebrew morality and Greek thought. The Teaching of Melchizedek in Rome In the great monotheistic renaissance of the Melchizedek gospel during the sixth century before Christ, too few of the Salem missionaries penetrated Italy... The Mystery Cults The three mystery cults which became most popular were... The Cult of Mithras The cult of Mithras arose in Iran and long persisted in its homeland despite the militant opposition of the followers of Zoroaster. Mithras and Christianity Prior to the coming of the mystery cults and Christianity, personal religion hardly developed as an independent institution in... The Christian Religion The Christian religion, as a Earth system of belief, arose through the compounding of the following teachings, influences, beliefs, cults, and personal individual attitudes... Return from The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident to Home
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