Pastophori

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Pastophori

(Gr.)

A certain class of candidates for initiation, those who bore in public processions (and also in the temples) the sacred coffin or funeral couch of the Sun‐gods — killed and resurrected, of Osiris, Tammuz (or Adonis), of Atys and others. The Christians adopted their coffin from the pagans of antiquity. (TG).

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Shortly: A certain class of candidates for initiation, those who bore in public processions (and also in the ...