Reincarnation – an original Christian doctrine

74 Index Preface ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 I. The view of the world and human beings by the Christian Churches ....................................................... 4 1. The origin of man ................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Original sin or man’s Fall from Grace ............................................................................................................... 6 3. Meaning and purpose of the world and human beings .............................................................................. 10 4. The revelation doctrine of good and evil angels .......................................................................................... 11 5. The Church’s doctrine of eschatology ........................................................................................................... 12 6. The Church’s religion of salvation ................................................................................................................... 19 7. Critical review of the Church’s doctrine ......................................................................................................... 22 II. The view of the world and human beings within the sphere of the doctrine of re-embodiment ..... 23 1. Clarification of the philosophical background ............................................................................................. 23 a) Spiritualism ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 b) Prophecy ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 2. Revelations of the view of the world and human beings in regards to the doctrine of reincarnation ........... 29 a) The origin of the Earth and human beings .................................................................................................... 29 b) Human beings as the trinity of spirit, soul and body ................................................................................. 31 c) Aim and assignment of human beings before and after Jesus Christ’s act of redemption ............. 33 d) The Law of Reincarnation and Karma on the path to perfection ............................................................. 35 3. Contrasts between Church faith and prophetic revelations ..................................................................... 37 III. Evidence of the correctness of prophetic revelations in regards to the re-embodiment of the soul taken from the Bible and Fathers of the Church (Patristic) ........................................................................... 39 1. Biblical evidence .................................................................................................................................................. 39 a) Biblical evidence of the pre-existence of the soul ...................................................................................... 39 b) Biblical evidence in regards to the recovery of all things ......................................................................... 40 c) Biblical evidence in regards to the re-embodiment of the soul ............................................................... 41 d) Biblical evidence of the law of cause and effect (Law of Karma) ............................................................ 45 2. Statements by Fathers of the Church (First to seventh Century) ............................................................... 49 a) Patristic evidence in regards to the pre-existence of the soul ................................................................. 49 b) Patristic evidence in regards to the re-establishment of all things ........................................................ 50 c) Patristic evidence in regards to the re-embodiment of the soul .............................................................. 52 d) Patristic evidence in regards to the Law of Cause and Effect (Law of Karma) .................................... 53 3. A comprehensive depiction of the Doctrine of Re-embodiment by Origen .......................................... 54 IV. The deletion of knowledge about re-embodiment from the Christian faith ......................................... 60 1. Personality and importance of Origen ............................................................................................................ 60 2. The influence of East-Rome (Constantinople) .............................................................................................. 62 3. The Synod of the Eastern Orthodox Church 543 A.D. ................................................................................ 63 4. The 5. Council of Constantinople (553 A.D.) ................................................................................................. 64 5. The results of these anathemas ....................................................................................................................... 66 The consequences for human beings: The inner path ................................................................................... 67 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 70