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: This is arguably his most prominent work. In it, Wilcken argues that Mithraism was not merely a rival to early Christianity but a tradition that preserved "fragments" of an original patriarchal religion. He suggests that many elements often labeled as "pagan" are actually corrupted or parallel versions of true priesthood ordinances. tanner wilcken