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When we consider this, we are standing completely on the ground of theosophy. And perhaps no one can be called a theosophist in the true sense of the word more than the proclaimer of the miracle of the resurrection: the Apostle Paul. No theosophist can think of the Apostle Paul as anything other than a deeply initiated person, one of those who know what it is all about.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IV. 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