Name: Letters on John's Gospel
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Author: Emil Bock
ISBN: 9781912230969

Type

Physical Book

Author

Friedrich Rittelmeyer

Contributions by

Rudolf Frieling

Emil Bock

Publisher

Temple Lodge Publishing

Language

English

Pages

330

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781912230969

Synopsis "Letters on John's Gospel"

"These Letters . . . aim to make John's Gospel accessible to people today as their own Gospel, both as a whole and in the details; to illuminate it with the spiritual knowledge of the age and to make it fruitful for life, not only for meditation but also for practical ordering of destiny." -- Friedrich RittelmeyerRevitalized Johannine Christianity stands at the heart of the work of Christian renewal as inspired by Rudolf Steiner during the early twentieth century. Friedrich Rittelmeyer, a Lutheran minister and theologian who helped found The Christian Community in 1922, was a leading ﬁgure in this new Johannine movement. He described John's Gospel as encapsulating "an indescribable glory of revelation of love. This glory has such purity, delicacy, and spiritual power that in it one has the material with which a marvelous new world may be built."One of Rittelmeyer's most powerful works, Letters on John's Gospel ﬁrst appeared in a series of publications by the Stuttgart seminary of The Christian Community between 1930 and 1932. Although the Letters were written with students and local congregations in mind, they provide manifold insights for anyone seeking a glimpse of the majesty of John's Gospel.Margaret Mitchell's translation from 1937 had never been published as a book. Revised here and expanded by the editors, Alan Stott and Neil Franklin, this volume features additional contributions by Rudolf Frieling and Emil Bock.This volume is a translation from German of Briefe uber das Johannes-Evangelium (Verlag Urachhaus, Stuttgart, 1938).

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Emil Bock (1895–1959) was a German theologian and anthroposophist, known for his profound spiritual interpretation of the Scriptures and his fundamental role in founding the Christian Community (Die Christengemeinschaft), a church based on the principles of Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy

Born in Wuppertal, Germany, Bock studied theology in Berlin and joined the Christian Community in 1922, becoming one of its first priests. After the death of Friedrich Rittelmeyer in 1938, he took over the leadership of the community. During the Nazi regime, the Christian Community was banned for its supposed "Jewish" and "Masonic" influence, and Bock was imprisoned in the Welzheim concentration camp in 1941. He was released in 1942, but remained under surveillance until the end of World War II

His most influential work is his translation of the New Testament, carried out between 1930 and 1950, which seeks to offer an accessible and spiritually profound interpretation of the sacred texts, based on the principles of anthroposophy. This translation is distinguished by its poetic language and focus on the cosmic dimension of the gospels

Additionally, Bock wrote extensively on the spiritual history of humanity, addressing figures such as Moses, the apostles, and the apostle Paul, in his seven-volume series Beiträge zur Geistesgeschichte der Menschheit (Contributions to the Spiritual History of Humanity). These works offer an anthroposophical interpretation of human spiritual evolution

Emil Bock died in Stuttgart in 1959, leaving a lasting legacy in anthroposophical theology and in the Christian Community, whose influence continues today

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