Chapters 8 to 9 - Christ’s Teachings and Today’s Christianity

- 3 - 8. 0 Christ’s Teachings and Today’s Christianity (By Priest Johannes Greber) See to it that no one captivates you by means of so-called science or by the foolish and misleading teachings grounded on the traditions of men; for they have their source in the evil spirit powers that rule the world, but have nothing in common with the teachings of Christ. (Colossians 2: 8) During the first spiritistic séance I attended I had asked the spirit that was speaking through the medium: Why is it that the teachings of Christ no longer seem to exert any influence upon the people of today? I had been told in reply that we no longer possess Christ’s teachings in their original purity and clarity, that in the course of time, many human errors had crept into Christianity. Later on, I received a detailed exposition, in which the true teachings of Christ were compared with the doctrines of the Christian churches of today, and particularly with those of the Catholic faith, of which I was a priest. I was told:

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