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Prior to this, only the initiates could perceive Him through the Mysteries, but now He took on a physical form for the salvation of every soul. “The Word or the Logos became flesh.” Thus the writer of the Gospel of St. John links the historical appearance of Christ-Jesus together with the whole of evolution. “We have heard His teaching—the teaching of the once-born Son of the Father!” What manner of teaching is this? How were other men born?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IV. The Raising of Lazarus","site_heading":null,"date":"1908-05-22","location":null,"word_count":220,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-22/p032","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maud B. 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