The object of this book is to suggest certain lines of thought as to the deep truths underlying Christianity, truths generally overlooked, and only too often denied. The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge, has resulted in a zeal without discretion that has vulgarised Christianity, and has presented its teachings in a form that often repels the heart and alienates the intellect. The command to "preach the Gospel to every creature" [ S.Mark, xvi, 15] -though admittedly of doubtful authenticity -has been interpreted as forbidding the teaching of the Gnosis to a few, and has apparently erased the less popular saying of the same Great Teacher: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine". [S. Matt., vii,6] This spurious sentimentality — which refuses to recognise the obvious inequalities of intelligence and morality, and thereby reduces the teaching of the highly developed to the level attainable by the least evolved, sacrificing the higher to the lower in a way that injures both — had no place in the virile common sense of the early Christians. S. Clement of Alexandria says quite bluntly, after alluding to the Mysteries: "Even now I fear, as it is said, ‘to cast the pearls before swine, lest they tread them underfoot, and turn and rend us’. For it is difficult to exhibit the really pure and transparent words respecting the true Light to swinish and untrained hearers". [Clarke’s Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Vol. IV. Clement of Alexandria. Stromata, bk. I, ch. xii. ] ……文件密码:www.zhiyins.com下载地址回复可见:游客,如果您要查看本帖隐藏内容请回复
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摘要:《ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY or THE LESSER MYSTERIES》是一本关于神秘基督教的书籍,本文将从以下四个方面对这本书进行详细阐述。
1、书籍背景和作者
《ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY or THE LESSER MYSTERIES》是一本由Annie Besant所著的书籍,她是一位知名的神秘主义者和印度神智学会的成员。本书于1901年首次出版,它探讨了基督教内部的神秘教义和隐藏的真理。
《ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY or THE LESSER MYSTERIES》是一本有关神秘基督教的书籍,由Annie Besant所著。它探讨了基督教内部的神秘教义和隐藏的真理,结合了神秘主义和基督教的核心理念。这本书在出版后引起了广泛的争议和讨论,但也获得了一大批信仰者和追随者。它对后来的神秘主义和新时代思想产生了重要的影响。