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There they found something: when they set about studying this book, they found that the truth flowed towards them in a high form and that all their learning of the present time can only serve to let the glory of this truth flow into them. But that is not all. In addition, those who have such experiences have a new realization: whenever they return to the Gospel of John, they are strengthened and invigorated each time. When they come back from the Gospel of John, they get the feeling that the truth contained in it is infinite, that it is something of infinite depth. And they say to themselves: Here I am a beginner, even the most advanced of our days are beginners here. They have experienced being beginners. This gives a revelation concept, not in the sense of the Middle Ages, but one that is the gateway to truth, the gate to truth, as Jesus said, a source of truth. The Gospel of John is one of the guides. To make this a principle and to put it into practice in the broadest circles is the task of the Gospel of John and the Johannine Society. Anyone who knows what is to be found here, what is to be learned here, may wholeheartedly join this Johannine Society and this study of the Gospel of John.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XLV. 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