“About the same time he established himself as the undisputed ruler of the Roman Empire, Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea.  This council blended Christianity and Mithraism, establishing the new Catholic (‘Universal’) Christian faith.  This new faith took the same core of familiar Mithraic festivals, but re-named them according to Christian themes.  This was done to such an extent that the accusation has been made that Catholicism (‘Universalism’) is really more Mithraism-in-disguise, than anything else.”