Ky Tô Giáo Bí Truyền

CHAPTER 14: REVELATION ALL the religions known to us are the custodians of Sacred Books, and appeal to these books for the settlement of disputed questions. They always contain the teachings given by the Founder of the religion, or by later teachers regarded as possessing super-human knowledge. Even when a religion gives birth to many […]

CHAPTER 13: SACRAMENTS (continued) WE have now to apply these general principles to concrete examples, and to see how they explain and justify the sacramental rites found in all religions. Chúng ta bây giờ phải áp dụng những nguyên tắc chung này vào các ví dụ cụ thể, và xem chúng giải thích và biện

CHAPTER 12: SACRAMENTS IN all religions there exist certain ceremonials, or rites, which are regarded as of vital importance by the believers in the religion, and which are held to confer certain benefits on those taking part in them. The word Sacrament, or some equivalent term, has been applied to these ceremonials, and they all

CHAPTER 11: THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS “I BELIEVE in … the forgiveness of sins”. “ I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins”. The words fall facilely from the lips of worshippers in every Christian church throughout the world, as they repeat the familiar creeds called those of the Apostles and the Nicene. Among

CHAPTER 10: PRAYER [Much of this chapter has already appeared in an earlier work by the author entitled. Some Problems of Life] . [Nhiều phần của chương này đã xuất hiện trong một tác phẩm trước đó của tác giả có tựa đề Một số Vấn đề của Cuộc sống]. WHAT is sometimes called “the

CHAPTER 9: THE TRINITY ALL fruitful study of the Divine Existence must start from the affirmation that it is One. All the Sages have thus proclaimed It; every religion has thus affirmed It; every philosophy thus posits It—”One only without a second”. [Chhãndogyopanishat, VI, ii, 1] ”Hear, O Israel!” cried Moses, “The Lord our God

CHAPTER 8: RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION THE doctrines of the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ also form part of the Lesser Mysteries, being integral portions of “The Solar Myth”, and of the life-story of the Christ in man. Các giáo lý về Sự Phục Sinh và Thăng Thiên của Đấng Christ cũng là một phần của

CHAPTER 7: THE ATONEMENT WE will now proceed to study certain aspects of the Christ-Life, as they appear among the doctrines of Christianity. In the exoteric teachings they appear as attached only to the Person of the Christ; in the esoteric they are seen as belonging indeed to Him, since in their primary, their fullest

CHAPTER 6: THE MYSTIC CHRIST (concluded) WE now approach that deeper side of the Christ story that gives it its real hold upon the hearts of men. We approach that perennial life which bubbles up from an unseen source, and so baptises its representative with its lucent flood that human hearts cling round the Christ,

CHAPTER 5: THE MYTHIC CHRIST WE have already seen the use that is made of Comparative Mythology against Religion, and some of its most destructive attacks have been levelled against the Christ. His birth of a Virgin at “Christmas”, the slaughter of the Innocents, His wonder-working and His teachings, His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—all these