words, many of the Greeks must have regarded Christianity as a superior form of “Mystery Religion.” The importance of this fact is not easily exhausted; it will be found to be one of the most important elements in the situation at Corinth, which led to the Epistles, and in the wider sphere of the history of doctrine it can scarcely be over-estimated. It is, for instance, of enormous importance in considering the course of the development of Christian doctrine from the belief that the Messiah was