21. Gnosis and the Apocalypse
GA 87/1902-03-29/p005
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If you follow the Apocalypse in its entire composition, you can clearly see this twofold character. You can clearly see the old views precisely represented in the basic components and then you can also see them shimmering through: Now the time is fulfilled, a new way of salvation has come into the world. This new way is the one that has been lived out in Christianity.
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