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(xiv) “But I keep under my body, and bring it
into subjection " (1 Cor. ix. 27) (xv) “And they that are Christ's have crucified
the flesh with the aflections and lusts"
(Galatians, v. 24). (xvi) “ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans,
xii. I). Such is the nature of the light that is thrown by these stray gems and jewels of real philosophical worth. Christian Gnostics, toc, “regarded persection as the prerogative of the 'spiritual 'those redeemed from the bondage of matter and the flesh--for it was assumed that sin was an inseparable association of matter." Persection, according to these Guostics, was only attaited by knowledge acquired througli initiation ; "it was an esoteric state entered through theosophic insight and had no living connection with Christ" (ERE. vol. ix. P. 733).
Ou the Esoteric side of Christianity we find the doctrines of crucifixion, resurrection and ascension as utterly misunderstood by Christians as Agni, Iudra and Surya by the Hindus. The whole life of Jesus is a series of ingenious symbolisras, depicting the glory of a self. conscious Soul. : When the conception of the divinity of Life is formed by the mind, Christ, Christos or Krishwa is said to be born.
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