01-30-2002, 12:12 PM
Salve,<br>
<br>
The source for a sign on the front of the head is derived from Tertullianus, <i> De Praescriptione Haereticorum</i>. The text does not specify however whether this was a permanent mark or one that could be removed (as for instance the ash cross one can get after Carnival). Tertullian was not too precise in his details of other religions however and seems to have used the term <i> miles</i> rather generally as initiate in the Mithraic cult and not always in the precise sense of the grade of <i> miles</i>, soldier.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
<br>
The source for a sign on the front of the head is derived from Tertullianus, <i> De Praescriptione Haereticorum</i>. The text does not specify however whether this was a permanent mark or one that could be removed (as for instance the ash cross one can get after Carnival). Tertullian was not too precise in his details of other religions however and seems to have used the term <i> miles</i> rather generally as initiate in the Mithraic cult and not always in the precise sense of the grade of <i> miles</i>, soldier.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
