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Ich werde versuchen zu zeigen, dass die Erzählung, die uns vorliegt, auf der einen Seite in den drei Evangelien, in den Synoptikern—Matthäus, Markus und Lukas—und auf der anderen Seite in dem Evangelium des Johannes, dann aber auch namentlich in Bezug auf die christliche Lehre, wie sie uns vorliegt in den verschiedenen Glaubensbekenntnissen der abendländischen christlichen Kirchen—ich werde versuchen zu zeigen, wie dieser Lehrgehalt nichts anderes ist als ein Ergebnis der sogenannten ägyptischen Initiation, des ägyptischen Initiationsvorganges, dem sich jeder Einzelne, der zu einer theosophischen Weltanschauung aufsteigen wollte, zu unterwerfen hatte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":133,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/87/1902-02-15/p004"},{"locus":"GA 87/1902-02-15/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Es wird dies zusammengefasst und als ein einzelnes geschichtliches Ereignis beschrieben, als das Leben, Leiden und Sterben eines Einzelnen, eines Heilandes, nicht als ein Vorgang, dem jeder Mensch unterworfen wird. Diese Initiationsvorgänge, die gradweise verschieden waren, sind abgeladen auf eine einzelne Persönlichkeit und zusammengefasst, zusammengelegt auf einen einzelnen Vorgang. Das ist es, was ich zu zeigen mich bestrebte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":58,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/87/1902-02-15/p005"},{"locus":"GA 87/1902-02-15/p006","passage_number":6,"text":"Ich bemühte mich zu zeigen, wie die Sache zu einem geschichtlichen Ereignis geworden ist. Ich fasse den Initiationsvorgang nicht als eine Allegorie auf. Ich will hier Worte von Leadbeater wiederholen nicht als eine Auffassung von mir, sondern als eine theosophisch festgestellte Tatsache: «Da geschah es denn, dass über den geistigen Horizont der alten Welt eines der ungeheuerlichsten Missverständnisse aufdämmerte, das sich von da dann über den ganzen Menschenkreis ausgebreitet hat. Das enthielt allegorisch das Herabsteigen des Logos, das aber gar keine Allegorie, sondern die leibhaftige Herabsteigung sein sollte. Nichts konnte mehr in die Irre führen» und so weiter.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":98,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/87/1902-02-15/p006"}],"beads":[{"from":[4],"to":[4],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[5],"to":[5],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[6],"to":[6],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}