{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 103/1908-05-23/p005","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Who would not consider it a blessing if all kinds of knowledge could be brought to the people through such inexpensive literature as the *Reclam'sche Universal Bibliothek*. Among the last volumes, one has appeared on the *Origin of the Bible*. The author entitles himself a Doctor of Theology. He is, then, a theologian! He believes that throughout all the chapters of the Gospel of St. John, from the 35th verse of the 1st Chapter, John, the author of the Gospel, is the one referred to. When this little book came into my hands, I really could not believe my eyes and said to myself: there must be something very extraordinary under consideration here that repudiates all previous occult points of view that the Beloved Disciple is not mentioned before the “raising of Lazarus.” Still, a theologian ought to know! In order not to pass judgment too quickly, take up the Gospel of St. John and see for yourselves what stands there: “Again the next day after, John stood and two of his disciples.” Here John the Baptist and two of his disciples are spoken of. The most generous point of view that one can take toward this theologian is that his consciousness was filled with an ancient exoteric tradition which declares that John, the author of the Gospel, is one of these two disciples. This tradition is supported by Matthew IV 21. But, the Gospel of St. John cannot be explained by means of the other Gospels. A theologian therefore was responsible for introducing into popular literature a very harmful book. And if one knows how such a thing which is brought to the people in just this way continues to spread, it is possible to measure the harm which arises out of it. This is just an interpellation, in order that a certain protective wall may be erected against all kinds of objections which might perhaps be brought forward in refutation of what has been said here.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. The Seven Degrees of Initiation","site_heading":null,"date":"1908-05-23","location":null,"word_count":328,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-23/p005","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maud B. 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Unknown is not an assurance of a stenogram: check the edition's own notes before resting an argument on one word.","evidence":null,"evidence_translation":null,"evidence_source":null},"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1908-05-23","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-23/p004","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-23/p004"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":300,"en_words":328,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Als mir dieses Büchlein zur Hand kam, traute ich wirklich meinen Augen nicht und sagte mir: Da muß doch eigentlich etwas ganz Sonderbares vorliegen, was gegen alle bisherigen okkulten Ansichten - daß der Lieblingsschüler nicht vor der Auferweckung des Lazarus erwähnt werde - verstößt. Aber ein Theologe sollte es doch wissen! Nun, um nicht gar zu schnell abzuurteilen, nehmen Sie das Johannes-Evangelium in die Hand und sehen Sie, was da steht: «Des andern Tages stund abermal Johannes und zween seiner Jünger» (1, 35). Johannes wird erwähnt, der Täufer, und von zweien seiner Jünger wird gesprochen. Das Günstigste, das für diesen Theologen angenommen werden kann, ist, daß sein Bewußtsein erfüllt ist von einer alten exoterischen Tradition, die da besagt: unter den zweien Jüngern sei der eine der Johannes. Diese Tradition stützt sich auf Matthäus 4, 21. Aber man darf das Johannes-Evangelium nicht durch die anderen Evangelien erklären. Ein Theologe hat es also zustande gebracht, ein direkt schädliches Buch hineinzubringen in die populäre Literatur; und wenn man weiß, wie das weiter frißt, was gerade auf diese Weise durch eine solche billige Literatur unter das Volk kommt, dann kann man den Schaden abmessen, der daraus entspringt. Das sollte nur eine Zwischenbemerkung sein, damit eine gewisse Schutzwand aufgerichtet wird gegen allerlei Einwände, die etwas anführen könnten gegen das, was hier gesagt wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":300,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-23/p004"}],"english":["GA 103/1908-05-23/p005"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":300,"en_words":328,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7320,"original_word_count":6933,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Maud B. 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