sacrificial death of Jesus: * see Endnote 4

In the Mass of the Roman Church (the Western Church until 1517) Christ, through the priest, offers himself to God under the appearances of bread and wine.  It is the sacrifice of Christ offered in a sacramental manner; the reality of the Sacrifice of the Cross is the same but the appearance differs.  Christ instituted the Mass when he said, "This is my body," and "This is my blood," and "Do this in remembrance of me".  He gave the apostles & his future priests the power to change bread and wine into his body and blood.  In the Mass (at consecration), the priest changes the bread & wine into Christ's body & blood.  It is a divine sacrifice done over and over again.  The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice.

 

Magian baptismal rite:

Baptism was part of Christianity from the start, as shown by its inclusion in the Acts of the Apostles & Pauline epistles.  Christians consider Jesus to have instituted the sacrament of baptism.  The Primitive church practised baptism, probably by submersion.  The Orthodox Church continued this practice, submerging the baptized & then pouring water on the head.  Infant baptism was widely practised at least by the 3rd century.  The theology of baptism attained precision with the Nicene Creed (381 AD) where it was clearly defined: “we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins”.  Initially instruction was received after baptism, but in the face of 4th century heresies, believers received instructions before baptism.  By the 4th & 5th centuries, a series of rites were spread over several weeks & led up to the actual baptism at Easter.

 

Spengler classes this as a Magian rite as he asserts the Primitive and Byzantine Churches were Magian, not Classical or Faustian.

Faustian contrition: * see Endnote 5

(aka Sacrament of Penance); 1 of 7 sacraments of the Roman & Eastern Churches in which the faithful obtain absolution for sins committed against God & neighbour and are reconciled with the community of the Church.  The penitent is freed from sins committed after Baptism.  Penance is considered the normal way to be absolved from mortal sin, by which one would otherwise be condemned to Hell.  The penitent express sorrow (contrition), details his sins (confession), the priest then assigns penance or satisfaction & gives absolution (assurance of forgiveness).

 

impending end of the world (circa 1000): * see Endnote 6

Various Christian clerics predicted the end of the world on 1 January 1000, including Pope Sylvester II. Riots occurred in Europe and pilgrims headed east to Jerusalem.  Germany and France in 1000 AD illustrate 2 tendencies of this millennialism.  In Germany we have the” “imperial” version.  The German Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, proclaimed the renewal of the Roman Empire and revived the “obstacle” to the Antichrist.  Moreover, at Pentecost, 1000, he opened Charlemagne’s tomb & urged rulers in Eastern Europe to convert.  In France the Peace of God movement began.

 

Scheu:

German, respect and fear, shy

 

Romans in the time of Justinian:

Justinian (482-565 AD) ruled as Emperor of the East Roman Empire 527-65; he attempted to revive the empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.

 

Civis Romanus:

(aka civis romanus sum) Latin  meaning “I am a Roman citizen", taken from the speeches of Cicero (his In Verrem of 70 BC) as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen.  When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed to anyone who declared such citizenship.