The Essence of Christianity
GA 68a
14 January 1907, Kassel
Translated by Steiner Online Library
24. Bible and Wisdom: Question and Answer
[ 1 ] Question 1: Training.
[ 2 ] Rudolf Steiner: No student who is prone to daydreaming will be accepted. Anything that leads to self-deception must be avoided using the strictest methods. How does one apply Chapter 13 of the Gospel of John? The teacher assigns the task of cultivating a very specific state of mind, and so on.
[ 3 ] Those whose job it is to read the Bible read it inaccurately. It is significant, for example, that Jesus' mother is not named in the Gospel of John.
[ 4 ] Question 2: Creation (Genesis 1). The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9).
[ 5 ] Rudolf Steiner: “God created” means: God developed the Earth out of the karma—creavit—of the previous planet. Language is, in fact, a development from unity to multiplicity. It is not without human fault that there are many languages.