(9) Christology - Manu, Krishna, Zarathustra, Hermes, Moses, Elijah & Buddha antecedents of Christ.

The 9th in series of conversations with Jude (Martin) Samson, the Author, / @judeneemesamson1962 , Nicola Hoggard Creegan / @nzcis7114 , Craig Logan and Reynand Dumala-on concerning ""THE CHRISTOLOGY OF RUDOLF STEINER""
We discuss some themes arising from reading the first half of chapter 6 (p140-152) of Jude's (Martin) PhD thesis "THE CHRISTOLOGY OF RUDOLF STEINER"
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Before describing Steiner’s understanding of the incarnation of Christ, a bridge between the spiritual pre-earthly deeds and the earthly work of Christ Jesus needs to be presented. The central idea in Christianity as Mystical Fact is that key pre-Christian mystery centres took on students and gave secret instruction and preparation towards initiation to the neophytes. In particular, earthly cultural founders, who were initiated into the mysteries, prepared humanity for the incarnation of Christ. Understanding that Christ was perceived in different pre-Christian cultures is a characteristic feature of Steiner’s teachings, which sheds light on his contribution to Christology. Steiner focuses in his lectures on seven prominent cultural founder personalities: Manu, Krishna, Zarathustra, Hermes, Moses, Elijah and Buddha. As Augustine says: “What we now call the Christian religion
existed amongst the ancients, and was from the beginning of the human race until Christ came in the flesh; from which time the already existing true religion began to be styled Christian”. Steiner gives insights about how these historical, cultural founders taught wisdom and knowledge that guided people to connect with Christ, the Sun-Spirit, as the archetype of our humanity.
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