The Essence of Christianity

GA 68a — 14 January 1907, Kassel

24. Bible and Wisdom Question Answering

1. Question: Training.

Rudolf Steiner: No student is accepted who is prone to fantasy. Anything that leads to self-deception must be avoided by the strictest methods. How does one apply the Gospel of John from chapter 13? The teacher sets the task of developing a very specific state of mind, and so on.

Their task is to read the Bible, they read inaccurately. It is significant, for example, that the mother of Jesus is not mentioned by name in the Gospel of John.

1. Question: Creation (Genesis 1). Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9).

Rudolf Steiner: “God created” means: God developed the Earth out of the karma – creavit – of the previous planet. Language is indeed a development from unity to multiplicity. Many languages exist, and it is not without human guilt.