Reincarnation – an original Christian doctrine

Prof. Dr. phil. Konrad Dröse	1
Senior lecturer Hermann Bauer	1
Critically analysed Greek and Latin Bible texts, council documents and scriptures of past Fathers of the Church verify this.	1
Professor Dr. of philosophy, Konrad Dröse (1920 – 2011), worked as a high-school teacher at the Nordrhein-Westfalen Advanced Technical College in Lippe (Now called School of Higher Education, Ostwestfalen-Lippe). He taught the special subject of ”Art ...	1
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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

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