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2 - The Second Main Period of the Holy History – or the History of Revelation of God, the Son

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Shlomo Avineri
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

matthew 6:9–10

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

john 12:24

First Period: Rome. From Christ to the Migration of the Peoples

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

When Jesus Christ appeared, Rome held dominion over the ancient world. And the old epoch, the history of revelation of God the Father – or the knowledge of God in images of fantasy, which had ruled the earth until then, but progressed until it became the holy root among the Jewish nation – has now come to its conclusion. With Christ a new epoch has begun, the history of revelation of God the Son, or the knowledge of God in the feelings of the soul. At that stage arrived at by mankind in its progress, its essence had to break out into a wonderful blossoming, into a glorious crown.

As Christ became formed, he integrated in his divine soul the many opinions which reigned in his time into a living whole.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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