BAPTISM - COTYTTO (a.k.a. Cotys)
(Greek: βαπτ… - Κοτυ[τ]τώ / Κότυς)
The priests of Cotytto, the goddess of promiscuous sex (including gay / bi sex), were called “Baptæ,” the same base form of Baptism (Bapt…), and religiously practiced the same kind of watering ritual.
Instead of using something different, Jesus ordered Baptism for a “reason.” Also, John the Baptist was the principal prerequisite to Jesus. Could have Jesus or John the Baptist not known about Cotytto? Coty(t)to / Cotys – Baptæ / Baptai / Bapto / Bapti / Baptes writings range from 500 B.C. to 100 A.D. Cotytto was a Greek religious deity. Pagan deities and their characteristics were the language and definitions of the era. The entire New Testament was originally written in Greek. Paul prophesied mostly to the Greek world. Jesus’ Old Testament quotes are mostly from the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), not the Hebrew Old Testament. Regardless, God knew about Cotytto (and her priests’ baptizing / watering rituals / logo), and Jesus is the Son of God – so, Jesus knew.
(See here for details about the changed definition of the word “fornication” / “sexual immorality,” and many more subjects with evidence. All this proves that the many centuries of changing Jesus into an anti-sex / pro-marriage ideal was a very large deception, only for the then advantage of secular financial gain.)
(My comments are in blue text):
Evidence for this subject:
Dictionary of Pagan Religions, Wedeck / Baskin, 1971, pp. 48-49, “BAPTAE”:
P. 84, “COTYS”:
Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of World Religions, 1999, p. 265, “Cotys”:
The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines, Patricia Monaghan, 1997, p. 91, “Cotys”:
Similar online:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/6366/G.html#thracian, Goddesses, “Thracian”:
Cotys: The goddess of sexuality. She was celebrated with secret feasts held by her servants, the baptai "baptized ones", who released the forces of life through erotic celebration.
Although well known for sex orgies, Dionysus / Bacchus was the god of wine; Orpheus was the musician (both attributable in early Christian art, as shown via my home page), but the actual deity of promiscuous sex was Cotytto / Cotys. Her characteristics of promiscuous and gay sex were more than any other diety: the very definition of it. In addition to my findings of the definite corruptions in the Bible words “fornication” and “agape” (love), Christ used this obvious Baptism correlation as a supporting message to displace today’s popular Church corruption against free sex. This is timeless information.
Cassell’s Latin Dictionary, Simpson, 1968, p. 73 (Latin-English), “Baptae”:
P. 156, “Cŏtyttō”:
Of course I don’t recommend having promiscusous sex until there are cures and preventives for all STDs including HIV/AIDS. But, very likely, these facts will expedite that process, as few today want to spend their money to “go against God.”
http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/masonicchildbaptism.html (Freemasonry Watch), Masonic Child Baptism:
The Reverend Mr. Reeves says (Notes on Justin Martyr): "Thus were men initiated into the mysteries of Eleusis, and he who initiated them was called "Hydranus, the Waterer'" Tertullian says that thus men were initiated into the mysteries of Isis and Mithra; and Apuleius describes purification by water as part of the ceremonial of the Isiac initiation. Those initiated into the mysteries of the Goddess Cotytto were called Baptes, from the ceremony of Baptism, which was part of the initiation; and Eupoles, rival of Aristophanes, wrote a comedy called The Baptes, ridiculing them. That was in the time of Socrates.
(Same text in book form is at: http://books.google.com/books?id=6ix84jqOoK0C&pg=PA2&dq=Reception+of+a+Louveteau+and+Adoption+By+Albert+Pike&sig=jv5N0BVaQK9gNmBP9hyGELDray4#PPA6,M1, Masonic Baptism: Reception of a Louveteau and Adoption – Google Books Result, by Albert Pike, 1993, p. 6, “Introductory”)
The New International Encyclopaedia, 1926, Vol. V, p. 166, “COTYS, or COTYTTO | COTYTTIA”:
Matthew 28:18-20 (the very end of the book):
18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
New American Standard Bible, Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1977, “Concordance” p. 6, “Baptism | Baptize”:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kotys (The Free Dictionary), “Kotys”:
Kotys (Cotys, Cottyto, Cottytus) was a Thracian goddess, worshipped with much revelry by Thracian tribes such as the Edonians. A cult of Cottyto existed in classical Athens. According to Greek sources her priests were called baptes or "washers" because their pre-worship purification rites involved bathing. Her worship included midnight orgies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edonians, “Edoni”:
The Edoni were celebrated for their orgiastic worship of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Latin poets, the term Edonis signified a female Bacchanal.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Brewer, 1902, Vol. II, p. 265, “Cotytto”:
Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. III, 1830, p. 576, “Cotys, or Cotytto”:
(“profligate” means “dissolute,” “an immoral or licentious person.”)
http://www.luminist.org/archives/Cybele.htm, The Stone of Cybele, “Swinburne’s verses” (AEsch. Fr. 54):
But
the fierce flute whose notes acclaim
Dim goddesses of fiery fame,
Cymbal and clamorous
kettledrum,
Timbrels and tabrets, all
are dumb
That turned the high chill
air to flame;
The singing tongues of fire
are numb
That called on Cotys by her name
Edonian, till they felt her come
And maddened, and her mystic
face
Lightened along the streams
of Thrace.
http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Cottytus (Fact-Archive.com), “Cottytus”:
In Greek mythology, Cottytus or Cotys was a goddess, originally worshipped Thrace and later worshipped heavily in Athens. She was the goddess of immodesty, hedonism(devoted to sensual pleasure) and debauchery. Her priests were called baptes from the Greek verb meaning "to wash". The baptes practiced 'obscene' ceremonies at night; they included orgies so hedonistic(devoted to sensual pleasure) even Cottytus herself was said to be disgusted.
http://www.answers.com/baptes, “Baptes”:
The Baptes were priests of the Greek goddess Cottytus. The word comes from the Greek verb meaning "to wash". The Baptes practised obscene ceremonies at night; they included orgies so hedonistic(devoted to sensual pleasure) that even Cottytus herself was disgusted.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Brewer, 1901, Vol. I, p. 96, “Baptes”:
Online:
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/174/1112/15802/1/frameset.html, Brewer’s Readers Guide, “Baptes”:
Baptes, priests of the goddess Cotytto, whose midnight orgies were so obscene as to disgust even the very goddess of obscenity. (Greek, bapto, “to baptize,” because these priests bathed themselves in the most effeminate manner.)—Juvenal: Satires, ii. 91.
Similar:
http://www.bartleby.com/81/1340.html, E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898, “Bap’tes (2 syl.)”:
Priests of the goddess Cotyt’to, whose midnight orgies were so obscene that they disgusted even Cotytto, the goddess of obscenity They received their name from the Greek verb bapto, to wash, because they bathed themselves in the most effeminate manner. (Juvenal, ii. 91.)
http://www.meaningofnames.bravehost.com/BETEKENIS_MYTH_NAMEN/Mythologische%20namen--B-C.htm, Mythological Names, “Baptes” (Dutch):
http://www.meaningofnames.bravehost.com/BETEKENIS_MYTH_NAMEN/Mythologische%20Namen--K-L.htm, Mythological Names, “Kottyto”:
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/cottyto.html, Encyclopedia Mythica, “Cottyto”:
The Thracian goddess of immodesty and debauchery, worshipped at Athens with licentious rites. Her priests were called Baptes, from the Greek verb bapto, to wash, because of the so-called ceremonies of purification connected with her rites. However, their midnight orgies were so obscene that they disgusted even the goddess herself.
Similar:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/chartreuse/AvatarsOfTheGoddess/GreeceC.htm, “Cottyto”:
Cottyto
(Cotys)The Thracian goddess of immodesty
and debauchery, worshipped at Athens with licentious rites. Her priests were called Baptes, from
the Greek verb bapto, to wash, because
of the ceremonies of purification connected with her rites. It is
possible that the names of the Cotys kings in Thrace and Paphlagonia and the Cattini
and Attacoti of North Britain are derived from her name.
By the way, regarding “pantheon.org” above:
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/all/articles.html (Encyclopedia Mythica), All mythologies:
Out of the 7258 articles (deities, mythological names) that I word-searched, “Cottyto” is the only one who was a deity “of ” [sexual promiscuity]. Sure there were a dozen or so that included “orgy,” “orgies,” “orgiastic,” “debauchery,” “licentious,” etc., in the narrative (like Bacchus, Cybele, etc.) but Cottyto was the ONLY one named for it. Yes, Eros, Aphrodite and about ten others (of Aztec, Sumerian, Hindu, etc.) were named for “sexual” love, desire, etc. and about 40 others just had “sex,” “sexual,” or “sexuality” in their narratives, but that doesn’t necessarily mean promiscuity (Jesus said to do “Eros/agape with one another”); and, some were just against sex like “Chac”:
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/chac.html (Encyclopedia Mythica), Chac:
The Mayan god of fertility and agriculture … Chac was beneficent and a friend of man. He taught them how to grow vegetables and was the protector of their cornfields. The Maya appealed to him for rain by means of particular ceremonies by which the men would settle outside the village and adhere to strict observance of fasting and sexual abstinence.
Okay, Pan “the Greek god of shepherds and flocks” was known secondarily as a god of “unbridled male sexuality” who “belonged to the retinue of Dionysus [the god of wine].” Still, Cottyto would have been the best connection for Jesus as her attribution was both firstly and secondarily. Then at http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/scheherezade.html there’s “The sultan Schahriah, having the discovered the infidelity of his sultana, resolved to have a fresh wife every night and have her strangled at daybreak.” But, that’s later than Jesus, and I’m sure Jesus wouldn’t give something victimizing any support anyway. Also, “Ueuecoyotl” was “The Aztec god of sex and irresponsible gaiety”: Not really relating to New Testament Greek.
Dictionary of Mythology Folklore and Symbols, Jobes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 179, “Baptes”:
P. 180:
–Sounds good to me.
Bapto (Greek: βάπτω) – the etymology of Baptism:
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907, Vol. 2, p. 259, “Baptism”:
Definitions of the Greek Bapto, Baptizo, Baptisma and Baptismos, Hascall, 1818, p. 3:
A Greek and English Lexicon, Wright, 1861, “Part III? | (p. 72)”:
Langenscheidt’s Pocket Greek Dictionary: Classical Greek-English, Feyerabend, no date, p. 75, “βαπτ…”:
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W. E. Vine (1873-1949), Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996, p. 50 (New Testament Words), “BAPTISM, BAPTIST, BAPTIZE”:
P. 667, “WASHING”:
http://www.wordgumbo.com/ar/esp/erespeng.htm, Esperanto to English:
baptanto: baptizer
baptejo: baptistery
bapti: baptize; christen
baptisto: baptist
bapto:
baptism; christening
baptonomo: Christian name
baptopatro: godfather
baptovesto: christening robe; chrisom
baptujo: font; baptismal font
Baptism Preparation, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Kansas City, MO) (Catholic), (brochure received 8-22-04):
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1892, Vol. 3, p. 348:
Yes, I can understand why.
Continuing Evidence:
http://www.giveshare.org/babylon/paganismsurviving/, Paganism Surviving in Christianity, by Abram Herbert Lewis, D.D. … 1892, “Chapter V: Greek Water-Worship”:
BARING GOULD gives another picture of baptism and lustration among the Greeks —
"Among the Greeks, the mysteries of Cotys commenced with a purification, a sort of baptism, and the priests of the Thracian Goddess derived from this their title of baptai.
http://home.talkcity.com/gaiawa/el_sharra/christ.html (4-6-02), A Pagan Interpritation of the Symbolism in the mythology of Jesus Christ:
Two incidents in the life of Jesus at his return to the public eye carry great amounts of Pagan influence. The first is his baptism. Purification by water was very common it was done by the Greeks in the Elysian Mysteries and by the Thracian priestesses whose name were the Baptes. The idea of baptism centres around the idea of water as the blood of the mother and the womb of life (cauldron-grail).
The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, Barbara G. Walker, 1988, p. 170, “Baptism”:
You see, God isn’t going to say “Cotytto” in the Bible, so it can evade Middle Age church corruption; to make it available for me to use today. Otherwise, all legends of this deity and her priests would have been destroyed or corrupted. Since God could have easily picked any other, or made up another kind of sacrament for us to follow (from wiggling our toes in the air, to dancing cats), there’s only one logical reason for Him choosing Baptism, and that’s to support my commentary today about unconditional sex.
Dictionary of Roman Religion, Adkins, 1996, p. 53, “Cotys”:
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Adkins, 1994, p. 259, “COTYS”:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/comus/notes.shtml, Milton: Comus – Notes:
Cotytto. Cotys, a Thracian fertility goddess worshipped in orgiastic rites.
Fact, Fancy, and Fable: A New Handbook for Ready Reference on Subjects Commonly Omitted From Cyclopaedias, Reddall, 1889, p. 148, “Cotylto”:
( Jarrolds’ Dictionary of Difficult Words, Hill, 1944, p. 192, “licentious”:
)
( Longmans English Larousse, 1968, p. 373, “erotic”:
)
Webster’s Universal Dictionary of the English Language (unabridged), 1909, (supplement:) A Dictionary of Noted Names in Standard Fiction, Mythology, Legend, Etc., p. 59, “Cotytto”:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, 1972, p. 254, “Cotys or Cotytto”:
Benét’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, 1996, p. 231, “Cotytto”:
http://www.worldbookonline.com (subscription required), Dictionary, “cotys”:
Co|tys «KOH tihs», noun.
Greek Mythology. a Thracian goddess whose festival, the Cotyttia, was
celebrated with licentious revelry.
The World Book Dictionary, 1969, p. 481:
You know, “(kō'tis)” sure sounds like “coitus,” which means “sexual intercourse.”
The New College Latin & English Dictionary, Traupman, 1966, p. 66 (Latin-English), “Cotyttĭ·a | Cotytt·o”:
The Names in Roman Verse, Swanson, 1967, p. 52:
The Names in Roman Verse, Swanson, 1967, p. 91:
“JUV” stands for Juvenal. “HOR” stands for Horace. “AV” stands for Appendix Vergiliana. “Cat.” stands for Catullus.
http://www.gothikangel.com/Goddess/GreekGoddesses.htm, GREEK GODDESSES, “Cotys”:
Coyts the goddess of sexuality was revered in Thrace. There here servants, the baptai ("baptized ones"), celebrated secret festivals in her honor.
http://www.paleothea.com/MinorsA-E.html, Minor Greek Goddesses: A-E:
Cotys
A Goddess of Sexuality and Fertility.
Cotytto
A Thracian Goddess of Immodesty and Debauchery.
(That are the only instances of “Sexuality,” “Immodesty” and “Debauchery” at the entire site, and completely through Z.)
http://members.tripod.com/~onespiritx/gods13.htm, Minor Gods and Demi Gods A-D:
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Cotys
Cotytto
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( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immodesty, “immodesty”:
: not modest ; specifically : not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place )
( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debauchery, “debauchery”:
1 a : extreme indulgence in sensuality(sexiness) b plural : ORGIES )
http://www.amystical1.com/greekgodsgoddesses.htm, Greek Gods and Goddesses:
Goddesses in World Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary, Martha Ann & Dorothy Meyers Imel, 1993, Greek and Roman Empires, p. 164:
Goddesses in World Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary, Martha Ann & Dorothy Meyers Imel, 1993, Near East, p. 326:
Who’s Who in Greek and Roman Mythology, Kravitz, 1976, p. 67, “COTYS (Cotytto)”:
http://www.mith.umd.edu/comus/final/annotation.htm#Cotytto (University of Maryland), “Cotytto”:
Thracian goddess of immodesty and debauchery.
http://www.bluedragoncreations.com/castle/gc.htm, Blue Dragon's Castle - A Pagan Information Site: Greek Deities - C:
Cottyto
The Thracian goddess of immodesty and debauchery
http://www.houseofenlightenment.com/greekgod.html, Greek Mythology:
Cottyto: Thracian Goddess of immodesty and debauchery
http://www.angelfire.com/weird/neopagan/greek2.html (4-11-02), C-F:
Cottyto- goddess of immodesty and debauchery
Short Dictionary of Mythology; Woodcock; Philosophical Library, New York; 1953; p. 40, “Cotytto”:
“Licentious,” “debauchery,” “immodesty,” etc. all sound like euphemisms from earlier English and European writings. To update, I use “promiscuous.”
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=COTYTTO, The Gods of Greek Mythology, “Greek Mythology : COTYTTO”:
COTYTTO: Thracian Goddess of Blatent Immodesty and Nocturnal Sports. Nothing like a bit of tyttollation. But her debauched priests carried out their sleazy rituals so enthusiastically that COTYTTO herself was disgusted. … Alternative names : COTYS
Sounds like an extreme kind of sexual disorder (outside of marriage); where it makes sense that Jesus / God would use this as the best occurrence for me to use today to uncover the truth.
And, it also sounds pretty gay:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1997/97.08.09.html, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.8.9: William D. Furley, Andocides and the Herms: a Study of Crisis in Fifth-Century Athenian Religion:
The second is a useful and informative appendix on six Comic passages relating to the impieties of 415 (B.C), the most important of which is Eupolis' Baptai, which mentions effeminate dancing of men, dunking in water, Kotyto and Alcibiades: "the play clearly satirized Alkibiades for staging mock mysteries" and so F. wants to date it to 415 (B.C), showing that "the profanations must have been known (to some) well before the Dionysia of 415 (B.C)" and perhaps "triggered off the actual denunciation of Alcibiades".
http://books.google.com/books?id=88g9AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Classical+Dictionary+of+Proper+Names%22#PPA235,M1, Lemprière's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors –Google Books Result, 1949, p. 235, “Eupŏlis”:
The Encyclopedia of Religion, Eliade, Vol. 14, 1987, pp. 495-496, “Thracian Religion”:
Euripides Bacchae, E. R. Dodds, Oxford University Press, 1944, p. 93, “Commentary”:
http://www.aztriad.com/godesses.html, Other Goddesses and their Male-born Priestessses:
Kotys and Sabazius: This Thracian Goddess and her consort parallel Cybele and Attis in numerous ways, particularly in association with music, healing, and variant gender expression. Followers were called baptai owing to their rites of ritual baptism before communion. They would chant in unison, "I have fled the evil, I have found a better way." The term "baptai" among the Romans, came to designate effeminacy and licentiousness for those of homophobic (“fear of or contempt for or discrimination against lesbians and gay men”) mindset.
http://girlgerms.net/miscquotes.html:
"I have fled the evil, I have found a better way." --Baptai chant to the Thracian goddess Kotys
http://www.sacred-texts.com/sex/tsf/tsf06.htm, CHAPTER IV: THE SPIRIT OF LOVE IN GOD AND MAN, “IX”:
There were divinities, like the Phrygian Cotytto, that were homosexually worshipped in some places p. 88 by men and in others by women.
To continue:
The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Brown, Zondervan Publishing, 1975, vol. 1, p. 150, “Baptism | βαπτίζω”:
http://www.mith.umd.edu/comus/final/cegender.htm (University of Maryland), Gender and Comus:
However distressing the silence of the Lady may be for seekers of early modern gender equality, the character of Sabrina may provide an alternative to patriarchy. Unlike her fellow supernatural women, such as Circe, Hecate, and Cottito, to mention only a few of those referred to directly in the masque, Sabrina is both powerful and friendly. While Comus, son of Circe, prays to the witchy Hecate and the sexually-charged Cottito for his rites,
http://bepi1949.altervista.org/biblio3b/Satire3.html, Satire, di. Salvator Rosa: Satira Terza: La Pittura (Satires, by Salvator Rose: Third Satire: The Painting):
717 son de le gallerie pregiati arredi,
718 le pompe di Cotitto
e le Florali
719 degl'Itifalli
i riti e dei Luperci
720 e le feste Vinarie
e i Baccanali.
Translated from Italian:
717 sound from valuable galleries furnishings,
718 the pomp(magnificence) of Cotitto and the Floral impression
719 of the Itifalli(obscene/erection songs) the rituals and of the god Lupercus
720 and the Wine parties and the Bacchanal.
http://www.mysticgames.com/mythology/LUPERCUS.htm, “Lupercus”:
Another name for Pan(a follower of Dionysus).
http://volta.valdelsa.net/thiasos/baccanti/travestimenti.htm, Il travestitismo rituale di Penteo (The rituale travestitismo of Penteo):
In altri casi ancora l’abbigliamento femminile si presenta in rituali orgiastico-misterici paragonabili a quelli dionisiaci: si tratta dei sacerdoti di Kotytto, i Baptai.
Translated from Italian:
In other cases still the feminine apparel is presented in ritual orgiastic-mysteries comparable to those dionysiac: it drawn of the priests of Kotytto, the Baptai.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Smith, 1967, Vol. 1, p. 369, “COTYS or COTYTTO”:
(Can also be seen at http://www.theoi.com/Thrakios/Kotys.html)
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Hastings, Vol. 6, Latest impression 1981, pp. 418-419, “Greek Religion”:
http://home.pon.net/rhinoceroslodge/thiasos.htm, Thiasos Olympikos:
(I believe that’s Orpheus with the lyre.)
http://books.google.com/books?id=jVl0AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22the+complete+works+of+horace%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=IjOu68quMg&sig=Cc8Xk24TUYjKzK8jCTqoqXGXpX0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA133,M1, The Works of Horace –Google Books Result, by C. Smart, 1894, “EPODES OF HORACE | ODE XVII. DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORACE AND CANIDIA” p. 133:
It’s the clergies who has made sexuality outside of marriage “impur[e],” “vile” and “infamous,” not reality, as there’s no victim in free love between consenting adults (using protection). But, these are good status-quo words to use to substantiate the sexuality.
http://www.archive.org/stream/completeworksofh00horauoft/completeworksofh00horauoft_djvu.txt, Full text of “The complete works of Horace” (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, 65-8 BC), Introduction by Dr. John Marshall, “XVII HORACE AND CANIDIA | 128 Horace”:
Less deaf to sailors' cries are rocks on a lee shore, When on them a wintry sea with waves high-towering smites. You laugh and go scot-free? You, who Cotytto's rites Blabbed, and the lecherous joys of our Free Love defamed ?
And, these status-quo words go back a long way (“defamed”).
http://www.archive.org/stream/horaceodesepodes00horauoft/horaceodesepodes00horauoft_djvu.txt, Full Text of “Horace : odes, epodes, and Carmen saeculare”, “Ode XVII. | 112 HORACE.” (same 65-8 BC):
What ! unavenged shalt thou to light of day Lay bare Cotytto's mysteries, and deride The rites, unbridled love and passion guide ? Shalt thou, as if arrayed in pontiff's gown, Scathless o'er Esquilinian orgies frown.
Dictionary of Mythology Folklore and Symbols, Jobes, 1962, Vol. 3 (topical) Index, pp. 255-257, “ORGIES | OBSCENITY (DEBAUCHERY, ORGIES)”:
Again, that’s out of a three (3) volume book. I highlighted or noted the only ones of Greek or Roman. The three highlighted in orange relate to Baptism (see Cybele page later). Maenads related to Dionysus/Bacchus. “Virgin” just meant “unmarried” in those days.
In Christianity:
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, 1997, p. 128, “BAPTISM”:
(To correct, that’s Matthew 28:19.)
History of Art, Janson, 1997, p. 246, “The Life of Jesus” (chronological events):
Apparently, John the Baptist was a priest of Cotytto. At least that’s what the word referred to before Jesus.
The Youth Bible, Word Publishing, 1991, “Dictionary” p. 1353, “Baptist, John the”:
Gospel of Thomas, 46:
Jesus said, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be averted.”
Luke 12:49-53 (NKJV), Christ Brings Division:
49“I came to send fire on the
earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50But I have a baptism to be baptized
with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! 51Do you
suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather
division. 52For from now on five
in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53Father will be divided against son and son against
father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law
against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Here, Jesus equates the purpose of Baptism with breaking up the biased family standard, obviously to better spread more love between others: outside one’s family. That’s where love’s need is the greatest!
This indicates that Jesus’ message of Baptism was to eventually “accomplish” something (open love) related to breaking up the family.
Of course, Jesus was Baptized prior to this passage by John the Baptist (Luke 3:21), and Baptism really doesn’t match with being crucified. Therefore, my commentary really fits much better.
By the way, the first original Tyndale’s 1526 translation from the Greek, says: “Nott with stondinge [withstanding] I muste be baptized with a bapti. And how am I payned till it be ended.” See text at: http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&pg=PT220&id=CrYOAAAAQAAJ&output=text (bottom three lines of first scan).
Later exclusions (definition parts removed in subsequent book editions):
(Key: DATE = older; DATE = newer.)
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: The Unabridged Edition, 1967, p. 331, “Cot·ys”:
–The newer version below excludes “Cot·ys”:
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: Second Edition Unabridged, 1987, p. 459, “”:
–“Cot·ys” is excluded.
Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd Edition, Unabridged, Merriam-Webster, Vol. 1, 1940, p. 604, “Co’tys”:
–The newer version below excludes “Co’tys”:
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, Merriam-Webster, 1969, p. 517, “”:
–“Co’tys” is excluded.
(That’s Merriam-Webster there, saying that “Jesus Christ supported sex orgies.” Well… not verbatim – they’re saying it when you “read it between the lines.”)
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1981, p. 79, “Baptes”:
–The newer version below excludes “Baptes”:
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1999, p. 92, “”:
–“Baptes” is expelled.
Also, “Cotytto”:
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1981, p. 278, “Cotytto”:
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1999, p. 283, “Cotytto”:
–“See BAPTES” is missing.
The Jesus-Cotytto connection is two-fold:
(1) The base form word “Bapt…” was only used by Cotytto’s priests out of all Greek and Roman religions. Therefore, the connection is firm even if her priests didn’t ritualize the watering part. When researching the meaning of a word, the historic and current use of the same base word, has everything to do with its meaning; especially when it’s used for the same purpose (religion). (2) The ritual watering part connects it to Cotytto and a few other supportive “orgy” (“mystery”) religions as well (and a couple of Jewish sects: the ones who said “marriage” was evil). Out of the thousands of deities, only a handful ritualized sex orgies. And, Cotytto was the only one named for it.
And again, I’m sorry, but if you know anything about etymology, then any prior entity named from the base “Bapt” constitutes direct meaning over all other cults of another name that practiced the same ritual. Since Jesus didn’t specify the source of Baptism, then what defines the best connection today in the “word” history of the same Greek language is to be its foundation, as God knew that it would be its most apparent letter-by-letter source. And Cotytto’s priests are the only ones I can find in all my many Greek references titled for “Bapt….” Whatever someone else today comes up with, Cotytto’s still going to stick out like a sore thumb. As apparently how outstanding or outrageous as the rituals of Cotytto are said to have been known, there’s no way any other Greek or Roman cult (of another name) could have practiced Baptism without others thinking the same about them (including John the Baptist). And, no, just taking a bath doesn’t overrule it either, because everyone takes a bath. I’ve reviewed the few Old Testament instances where “bapt…” is used (via the Septuagint), and every one is just cleaning stuff, themselves, dyeing cloth, etc. None was done in ritual. 2 Kings (4 Kings in LXX) 5:14 is the closest to anything where the Naaman is cured of leprosy by Elisha instructing him to dip himself in the Jordon seven times. (Hint!) And, Jesus said in Luke 4:27 that Elisha only did that once, therefore the method was not ritualized until John the Baptist. Job 33:21-33 assists.
Oh sure, the Old Testament is full of people washing by law, like after one touches a dead animal, etc.; and Exodus 30:17-21 tells about a bathing tub to wash people’s hands and feet so to not dirty around the Holy Place alter; but, but none use the “…bapt…” word, and they all relate to getting literally clean. However, many will still argue that such was the only emanative forerunner of Jesus’ Baptism (not Cotytto); so, I guess I need Jesus’ added help to inform folks today how those Old Testament washing/cleansing laws were not part of His premise on Baptism:
Matthew 15:1-20 (NKJV):
1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” … 20 [Jesus said:] to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.
Mark 7:1-23 (NKJV):
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came
together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they
saw some of His disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they
found fault. 3 For the
Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come
from the marketplace, they do not eat
unless they wash. And there are many
other things which they have received and hold,
like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not
walk according to the tradition of the
elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?” … 15 [Jesus said:] There is
nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him ….
I think that pretty well tells that Jesus flat-out refused to observe those Jewish washing/cleansing laws/traditions; thereby making Baptism in reference to something else.
Since the other words used for washing are essentially synonymous with “…bapt…” Luke 11:37-41 tells that even in using the word “…bapt…” Jesus purposely refused to abide by Jewish tradition of washing before dinner. So, whatever word one wants to use for mandated Jewish washings, Jesus overruled it; thereby telling that His Baptism ritual was totally symbolic of another source (as another source existed). In other words, Jesus made it clear that His Baptism instruction was not from Old Testament traditions, and purposely didn’t mention anything overruling Cotytto:
Luke 11:37-41 (NIV):
37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash[…bapt…] before the meal.
39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.”
If being generous to the poor is “everything” one needs to be clean, then why follow the symbol of Baptism?
Again, the Jewish religion never even named it, like the Baptae religion did. And, again, the entire New Testament was originally written for Greek readers, not Hebrew.
http://books.google.com/books?id=lwkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA424&dq=Nimrod:+a+discourse+%22Volume+2&hl=en&ei=PVtSTcreFsmr8Ab--dyCCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false, Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, Volume 2, 1828, by Algernon Herbert, p. 322:
I think Athens might have been a popular Greek city.
Now, people like James Dobson will say that Jesus used the baptism ritual to indicate “the opposite” of what He really wanted. But, the problem with that theory is that it’s not of traditional church teaching. In truth, it’s been covered-up more than anything else. Plus, it’s not of “intelligent” theory. It’s like saying churches that display crosses do it to show “the opposite” of what religion they represent. Maybe they’re really Muslims. Or, like McDonalds displaying their arches to tell people that they’re not really McDonalds, they’re… Burger King, or… a shoe store. It’s like the Pope today wearing the Playboy bunny logo, so to somehow express his opposition to pornography, saying “This symbol we shall follow” but not say anything further. People aren’t going to think he meant to follow the opposite. (Or, many would spin it saying the Pope is just supporting rabbits, and/or male children at the playground.) But, the pathetic thing is, people will “just believe” whatever James Dobson says. I can’t even find a listing for Cotytto in any Bible dictionary to indicate how the following of Baptism shows the opposite of its previous (and, then current) religious meaning. If you’re Jesus, and you assign Baptism to mean the opposite of what you really want, then you need to say it’s the opposite of what you really want. Otherwise, the intelligent and honest assumption will remain.
It’s like if Jesus just drank a glass of wine, it wouldn’t mean much; but, if Jesus made wine into a Christian symbol or ritual, e.g., then it’d be supporting the parallel deity of wine: Dionysus. Coversely, sometimes it doesn’t make any sense why Jesus like cursed the fig tree, until you find that the fig festival of Nonae Caprotinae honored Juno, the goddess of marriage.
Exposure of the Antichrist:
According to Christ, what most clerics will now do is actually forsake Christ to satisfy their own anti-sex agenda, and/or to simply save face. Oh… they’ll still use the name “Christ” for income purposes, but they won’t preach the correct truth. I tell you, those lies, including not correcting errors, will not only prevent you from entering the Kingdom of Heaven, but will entail much further Fair Afterlife Punnishment (Matt. 5:25-26; 7:13-27; 25:32-46), regardless of your cop-out beliefs (James 2:20). In the meantime, just keep on Baptising people, ya’ hear?
If Cotytto was the goddess of marriage or sex only in marriage, mainstream church leaders would disseminate it 100%. Instead they continue to condemn the innocent.
As Paul Harvey would say: “Now you know the rest of the story.”
And, now’s the time to question your religious leaders on this subject.