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Franz Cumont

Born

in Aalst, Belgium

January 03, 1868

Died

August 25, 1947

Genre

Religion, History

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Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont (Aalst, Belgium, 3 January 1868 – Brussels, 25 August 1947) was a Belgian archaeologist and historian, a philologist and student of epigraphy, who brought these often isolated specialties to bear on the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Mithraism. Cumont was a graduate of the University of Ghent (PhD, 1887). After receiving royal travelling fellowships, he undertook archaeology in Pontus and Armenia (published in 1906) and in Syria, but he is best known for his studies on the impact of Eastern mystery religions, particularly Mithraism, on the Roman Empire. Cumont's international credentials were brilliant, but his public circumspection was not enough. In 1910, Baron Edouard Descamps, the Cathol ...more

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	The Mysteries of Mithra by Franz Cumont, Thomas J. McCormack (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1900 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont, Grant Showerman (introduction) 4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1906 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1912 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lo zodiaco by Franz Cumont, Lorenzo Perilli (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1919 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Life in Roman Paganism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1922 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zodíaco. Una historia milenaria by Franz Cumont, Lorenzo Luengo (Traducción) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roman Paganism 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origins of Mithraism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Mages Hellénisés: Zoroastre, Ostanès et Hystaspe d'après la tradition grecque by Franz Cumont, Joseph Bidez it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Egitto degli astrologi by Franz Cumont, Giuseppe Bezza (Contributor), Alberto Arecchi (Translator) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of astronomy overthrew the false hypothesis upon which the entire structure rested, namely the geocentric system of the universe. The fact that the earth revolves in space intervened to upset the complicated play of planetary influences, and the silent stars, related to the unfathomable depths of the sky, no longer made their prophetic voices audible to mankind. Celestial mechanics and spectrum analysis finally robbed them of their mysterious prestige.”
― Franz Cumont, Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans

tags: astrology, astronomy, copernicus, galileo, galileo-galilei, heleocentricm, johannes-kepler, kepler, mystery, nicolaus-copernicus, pseudoscience, science

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“Zoroastrianism;”
― Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra

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“Mithra became the Sun,”
― Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra

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