This is a reprint of Kersey Graves classic, a rare 1875 book on Christianity before Christ and the 16 messiahs or saviours who are known to history before Christ! Chapters on: Rival Claims of the Saviours; Messianic Prophecies; Prophecies by the Figure of a Serpent; Virgin Mothers and Virgin-Born Gods; Stars Point Out the Time and the Saviours Birthplace; Sixteen Saviours Crucified; The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin; Appollonius, Osiris, and Magus as Gods; 346 Striking Analogies Between Christ and Krishna; 25th of December as the birthday of the Gods; 45 chapters in all. Topics include: Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods; Virgin Mothers and Virgin-Born Gods; The 25th of December and the Birthday of the Gods; Rival Claims of the Saviours; Messianic Prophecies; Sixteen Saviors Crucified; Prophecies by the Figure of a Serpent; Christ as a Spiritual Medium.