Reincarnation

67 C a n o n 1 dismisses the pre-existence of human souls. This takes care of any thought about a repeated life on Earth. C a n o n 9: The German translation “Wiederbringung” (to bring again) arose from the Greek word “Apokatastasis”. In Latin text, one finds for this: “restituito et redintegratio”; “restitutio” means: reconstitution, recall, amnesties; “redintegratio” means: repetition. These two Latin terms render what reincarnation really means, what sense it makes. - But we have to ad to this, that the terms “Apokatastasis” is not identical with reincarnation. Reincarnation, therefore the return of man to earth (as human), is only a short space of time on the long way of Apokatastasis, Origen speaks about. 2.5.2 The determination made against Origenism in the year 553 A.D. 2.5.2.1 The driving force in the background To present the confused process around the Oecumenical Council would make this brochure burst at the seams. If someone wants a more comprehensive picture, he’s advised to read the excellent presentation by Diekamp, who made an exact examination on the subject. According to him, to divert attention, the supporters of Origen asked Caesar Justinian to call a council, to decide the so-called “ Three-chapter-conflict ”. As pope Vigilius was slow in giving his approval for a council, the council started with delay on the 5th of May 553 A.D. Caesar Justinian condemned the Origenism of the Palestinian monks in the year 553 A.D. through 15 canons “contra Origenem sive Origenistas”; this happened under h i s instructions at the same common synod, which condemned the “Three chapters”. With this measure, Justinian could appease the driving force in the background, his wife, Empress Theodora. Theodora had a steep social climb behind her. As the daughter of a bear-trainer in the circus of Constantinople, she made use of the oldest weapon women use. Hacebolus, the young governor of Pentapolis succumbed to her charms and took Theodora with him to North Africa. But she abused the trust of the governor and amassed great riches at the expense of the population. When she crossed the line in her avarice and Hacebolus received too many complains, he evicted Theodora from the palace and confiscated her estate. Wearing only the clothes on her body, she fought her way to Alexandria. At the gates of the city, she was welcomed to the cave of a hermit named Eutyches. It was the same Eutyches, who founded monophysitismus and now lived here in banishment. Later on, Theodora was to remember this fallen monk and to use him to assert her sinister plans. Back in Constantinople, she became one of the concubines of Justinian, later his favourite concubine and finally, in the year 523 A.D. even his wife. Four years after, she was to gain at the side of her husband, the highest secular power: The crown of Caesar. - Theodore had it made, at least nearly so, but her burning ambition impelled her on. Theodora wanted to obtain her own Apotheosis: The elevation of a human to God. She wanted to climb this step, the last to her own deification. Only then was she the equal of the old Caesars. Then it wasn’t too long ago, that the Roman emperors

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