Reincarnation and Karma - Addendum

19 1) Unrest amongst a great number of monks in regards to the false doctrine ascribed to Origen. 2) The scriptures of Theodore of Mopsuestia, a letter from Ibas and the works of Theodoreius against the 12 tenets of damnation by the holy Egrillus, whose 3 scripts are known under the name of “3 Chapters”. 3) Caesar Justinian’s edict against these 3 scripts… …whereby one wanted to coerce the signature from all bishops under the threat of exile. ... pope Vigilius’s resistance, who was then physically encouraged to condemn the 3 Chapters. The final result was signed by all 165 bishops. The church fathers added 14 anathemas to this verdict, which in typical theological fashion included the whole doctrine of incarnation in regards to the just rejected false doctrines. (Comment: The complex theme of “pre-existence – transmigration of the soul”, also includes reincarnation, that is to say, the numerous return s to Earth by human beings as well as the resolutions taken in AD 543 as well as AD 553) * * * * * * * Extract from: “Imperial Church according to Constantine the Great” (Karl Baus, Hans_Georg Beck, Eugen Ewig, Hermann Josef Vogt, Half-volume II, 1975, Herder- Verlag, Freiburg.) Page 36 states: With Justinian , an era of church history comes to an end. His actions within the framework of the church might have been justified as fas as his political views were concerned and it starts very promisingly orthodox for church’s own history, but it is then “theopashistically” watered down to look virtually true to the pope’s wishes by AD 536. But it then leads to the 3 Chapters and he sacrifices an old, level-headed, theological inheritance on the altar of politics that was in itself in a hopeless state. The fact that large sections of the Church followed along this dangerous path brought about a theological impoverishment of the Church , one that could not be offset for a very long time, quite apart from the fact that this did not give the theological steadfastness of the bishops the best of credit. What was really remarkable was, above everything else, the style Caesar used to establish his ideas. The way he dealt with dogmas and faith without showing respect for the Church’s authority to teach, no other Caesar ever proceeded like that and hardly any other – apart from maybe Manuel I. in the 12 th Century – followed in his footsteps. Summary: The cancellation of the complete doctrine of reincarnation from the bible was a political decision that can be ascribed to Caesar Justinian and his wife Theodora who worked in the ba ckground. The Church has up to now been too gutless to reverse this mistake. * * * * * * * Questions and answers February 1967

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