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Aber wir müssen uns nicht anmaßen, aus dem bloßen Herzen, aus dem schlichten Menschenverstande heraus auch selbst die Erkenntnis erzeugen zu wollen. Aus dieser Anschauung ist die Unterscheidung entsprungen, die in alten Zeiten immerdar gemacht worden ist zwischen Priestern und Laien. Mit Priesterweisen haben wir es in alten Zeiten zu tun, und mit höchsten Wahrheiten, die nicht draußen auf den Straßen verkündert wurden, sondern drinnen in den Mysterientempeln.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":277,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p026"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Höchste Weisheiten wurden nur denjenigen ausgelegt, die genügend dazu vorbereitet waren. Die Reichen des Geistes, die bekamen sie zu hören, weil sie die tiefere Wahrheit über die Welt, die Menschenseele und über Gott sind. Man mußte ein Eingeweihter werden, ein Meister, dann bekam man den Begriff, die unmittelbare Vorstellung davon, welches der Inhalt der höchsten Weisheit ist. Es war so, daß durch Jahrhunderte hindurch die Weisheit eingeflossen war in die Mysterientempel. Draußen aber stand die Menge und bekam nichts zu hören als dasjenige, was die Priesterweisheit mitzuteilen für gut fand. Immer größer und größer war die Kluft geworden zwischen dem Priestertum und dem Laientum. Initiierte nennt man diejenigen, welche wußten um die Weisheit des lebendigen Gottes. Viele Stufen hatte man zu steigen, bis man hinaufgeführt wurde zu dem Altar, an dem einem verkündigt wurde, was die Weisesten erkundet hatten und geoffenbart hatten über die Weisheit des lebendigen Gottes.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":148,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p027"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Das war durch Jahrhunderte hindurch Brauch. Dann kam eine Zeit, und dies ist die Zeit der Entstehung des Christentums, in der sich auf dem großen Schauplatz der Weltgeschichte als historische Tatsache abspielte vor den Augen der Welt, für alle Menschen das, was sich vorher nur abgespielt hatte für die Reichen im Geiste, für diejenigen, welche eingeweiht wurden in die Mysterien. Nur diejenigen, die da schauten in den Mysterientempeln die Geheimnisse des Daseins, die konnten in alten Zeiten, nach der Anschauung der Priesterweisen, zu einer wirklichen Seligkeit kommen. In dem Stifter des Christentums lebte aber das höhere Erbarmen, mit der ganzen Menschheit einen anderen Weg zu gehen, und auch selig werden zu lassen diejenigen, die da nicht schauten, das heißt, die nicht eindringen konnten in die Mysterientempel, die, welche nur durch das schwache Gefühl, bloß durch den Glauben zu dieser Seligkeit geführt werden sollen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":143,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p028"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Und so mußte ein neues Bekenntnis, eine neue Frohbotschaft ertönen nach den Absichten des Stifters des Christentums, welche in anderen Worten spricht, als die alten Priesterweisen gesprochen hatten; eine Botschaft, welche herausgesprochen ist aus der tiefsten Weisheit und dem unmittelbaren spirituellen Erkennen, welche aber zu gleicher Zeit Widerhall finden konnte in dem schlichtesten Menschenherzen. Heranziehen wollte sich daher dieser Stifter des Christentums Jünger und Apostel. Überall, wo es Steine gab, das heißt Menschenherzen, um Funken herauszuschlagen, sollten sie eingeweiht werden in das Mysterium. So mußten sie das Höchste erleben, das ist der Sieg des Wortes. Zu dem Volke sprach er in Gleichnissen, aber wenn er mit ihnen allein war, legte er sie ihnen aus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":114,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p029"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Lassen Sie uns nur ein paar Beispiele anführen, wie der Christus das lebendige Wort zu entzünden versuchte, wie er das Leben herausschlagen wollte aus den einzelnen Menschenherzen. Wir hören, daß der Christus seine Jünger Petrus, Jakobus und Johannes hinaufführt auf den Berg und daß er dört eine Metamorphose durchmacht vor den Augen seiner Jünger. Wir hören, daß Moses und Elias zu beiden Seiten des Jesus waren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":66,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p030"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Der Theosoph weiß, was der mystische Ausspruch bedeutet: auf den Berg hinaufführen. Solche Ausdrücke muß man kennen, fachmännisch kennen, genau ebenso wie man die Sprache kennen muß, bevor man den Geist eines Volkes zu studieren in der Lage ist. Was heißt es, auf den Berg führen? Es heißt nichts anderes als, in den Mysterientempel hineingeführt werden, wo man durch Anschauen, durch mystisches Anschauen die unmittelbare Überzeugung schöpfen kann von der Ewigkeit der Menschenseele, von der Wirklichkeit des geistigen Daseins.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":79,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p031"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Diese drei Jünger hatten eine noch höhere Erkenntnis als die anderen durch ihren Meister zu gewinnen. Sie hatten vor-allen Dingen hier auf dem Berge die Überzeugung zu gewinnen, daß der Christus wirklich war das lebendige, das Fleisch gewordene Wort. Deshalb zeigt er sich in seiner Geistigkeit, in jener Geistigkeit, welche erhaben ist über Raum und Zeit; in jener Geistigkeit, für welche es kein Vorher und kein Nachher gibt, in der alles Gegenwart ist. Auch das Vergangene ist Gegenwart. Da ist das Vergangene wesenhaft, als Elias und Moses neben der Gegenwart des Jesus erschienen. Und jetzt glauben die Jünger an den Gottesgeist. Aber sie sagen: Es steht doch geschrieben, daß, bevor der Christus kommt, noch der Elias kommt und ihn vorher verkündigt. Und nun lesen Sie das Evangelium. Es sind wirklich die Worte, welche auf das folgen, was ich erzählt habe. Sie sind im höchsten Grade bedeutend: «Elias ist gekommen, aber sie haben ihn nicht erkannt, und sie haben mit ihm gemacht, was sie mit ihm haben machen wollen.» — «Elias ist gekommen», halten wir die Worte fest. Und dann heißt es weiter: «Da merkten die Jünger, daß er von Johannes dem Täufer geredet hatte.» Und Jesus hatte vorher gesagt: «Teilet niemandem mit, was ihr heute erfahren habt, bevor der Menschensohn auferstanden ist.» In ein Mysterium sind wir geführt. Drei Jünger hat der Christus nur für würdig gehalten, dieses Mysterium zu erfahren. Und welches ist dieses Mysterium? Mitgeteilt hat er, daß der Johannes der reinkarnierte Elias ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":246,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p032"},{"locus":"GA 52/1904-01-04/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"Die Wiederverkörperung wurde zu allen Zeiten gelehrt innerhalb der Mysterientempel. Und keine andere als diese okkulte theosophische Lehre hat der Christus seinen vertrauten Jüngern mitgeteilt. Sie sollten sie kennenlernen, diese Reinkarnationslehre. Aber gewinnen sollten sie auch das lebendige Wort, das aus ihrem Munde kommen muß, wenn es belebt und durchgeistigt ist von dieser Überzeugung, bis ein anderes eingetreten ist. Erst sollten sie die unmittelbare Überzeugung haben, daß der Geist auferstanden ist. Wenn sie dieses hinter sich haben, dann sollen sie hinausgehen in alle Welt und aus schlichten Herzen die Funken schlagen, die in ihnen angezündet worden sind. Das war eine der Einweihungen, das war eines der Gleichnisse, die der Christus seinen Vertrauten gegeben und ausgelegt hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":116,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/52/1904-01-04/p033"}],"beads":[{"from":[26],"to":[26],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[27],"to":[27],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[28],"to":[28],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[29],"to":[29],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[30],"to":[30],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[31],"to":[31],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[32],"to":[32],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[33],"to":[33],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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