{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1907-04-26/p004","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"You will be aware that someone who, out of a heartfelt need of his Christian faith, turns to the four Gospels known as the Gospel according to Matthew, to Mark, to Luke and to John, comes up against what appear to be insoluble contradictions. A modern person, however great his faith, can have no notion of how differently one approached the Bible in an earlier more religious age. Nor can a person have any idea of the significance attached to the word Bible or to the expression, the Word of God. We must realize that for centuries the faithful were in no doubt that the writers of the religious records were inspired. Consequently, every word in the Bible was regarded as holy, as from divine inspiration only truth could come. People saw the Bible as dealing with great world questions, and they fastened onto every word, for it was impossible for them to believe that fault could be found in what men of God had written under divine inspiration.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XIII. 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Wir brauchen uns nur an das Wort« Inspiration» zu erinnern und daß durch Jahrhunderte hindurch die gläubigen Gemüter festgehalten haben daran, daß jene, welche die religiösen Urkunden niedergeschrieben haben, inspiriert waren, daß sie unter dem unmittelbaren Einflusse des göttlichen Geistes selbst geschrieben haben. Und so wahr sie den Glauben hatten, daß von diesem göttlichen Geiste nur die Wahrheit ausgehen konnte, so wahr erschien ihnen jedes Wort, das in der Bibel stand, als heilig. Die Bibel war ihnen der Ausdruck für die gewaltigen Welträtsel, die sich vor die Seele des Menschen hindrängten. Wie hätte ein Mensch, der sich vorstellte, daß die alten Gottesmänner Persönlichkeiten waren, die unmittelbar unter der Inspiration des göttlichen Geistes standen, glauben können, daß diese etwas geschrieben hätten, ja etwas hätten schreiben können, an das man Kritik anlegen muß. 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