{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 103/1908-05-23/p025","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"And chapter after chapter of the Gospel reveals to us two things. First it shows that what was communicated was for those who, in a certain way, were able to comprehend occult truths. In our times, exoteric Spiritual Science is presented in lectures, but at that period spiritual-scientific truths could only be understood by those who had been in a certain way actually initiated into this or that degree. Who were those who were able to understand something of what Christ-Jesus was saying about profound truths? Only those who were able to perceive outside of the physical body—those who could withdraw from the body and become conscious in the spirit world. If Christ-Jesus wished to speak to those who could understand Him, it had to be to those who were in a certain way initiated, those who could see spiritually. When, for example, He speaks of the re-birth of the soul in the chapter concerning His conversation with Nicodemus, we see that He is revealing these truths to someone who perceives with spiritual senses. You only need to read the following words:—","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. The Seven Degrees of Initiation","site_heading":null,"date":"1908-05-23","location":null,"word_count":182,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-23/p025","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maud B. 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Wollte der Christus Jesus zu Menschen reden, die ihn verstehen konnten, so mußten es solche sein, die eingeweiht waren in einer gewissen Weise, die schon in einer gewissen Weise geistig sehen konnten. Wenn er zum Beispiel spricht von der Wiedergeburt der Seele in dem Kapitel über das Gespräch mit Nikodemus; da wird uns gezeigt, daß er diese Wahrheit einem solchen verkündet, der mit geistigen Sinnen sieht. Sie brauchen nur zu lesen:","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-23/p033"}],"english":["GA 103/1908-05-23/p025"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":171,"en_words":182,"ratio":1.06,"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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