11. On the Essence of Christianity

GA 68a/1905-01-23/p031 ·1905-01-23 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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If what happened in the mysteries had been applied to the life of Jesus, one would have come to a correct understanding of his person and thus of Christianity much sooner. Now it was made possible for people to “believe without seeing” (John 20:29), namely without having seen what was shown in the mystery schools.

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