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There is at least one passage in the Bible that suggests Jesus may
have believed in reincarnation. In Matthew 17:13, Christ reveals his
divine form to his three closest disciples, and then tells them that
his precursor, John the Baptist, is actually an incarnation of the
prophet Elijah. Origen, a prominent patriarch of the early Christian
church, described rebirth in his De Principiis:
"The soul has neither beginning nor end . . . Every soul comes to this
world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its
previous life. Its place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor
or dishonor is determined by its previous merits."
Thus the early Christians, like their master, appear to have accepted reincarnation, but the concept was suppressed by the Emperor
Justinian’s Council of Constantinople in 538 AD.
The pinnacle of a human life is to die and not to be reborn.
Therefore, there's nothing to be afraid of in death, quite the
reverse: it is something to be desired, attained and relished. It
makes us closer to the supreme solution - liberation of the soul.
Just my two bob's worth...
Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn and every Night
Some are Born to sweet delight.
Some are Born to sweet delight,
Some are Born to Endless Night.
William Blake
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