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ASSEMBLY OF ADJUDICATING PRIESTS, ELDERS, AND SCRIBESA symbol of official theology,- the habit of mind which clings to authority and tradition, and is ready to kill out any new truth that presents itself. "The chief priests mocking Jesus, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him."-MATTHEW xxvii. 41, 42. The "chief priests" signify a mental condition full of prejudice and without spiritual insight, therefore without recognition in the least of the position in which the Christ-soul is placed. It is thought that by an appeal to the lower life, proof of the existence of the Higher may be obtained, a proceeding which is contrary to the truth and the divine life of the soul. "It is only the adherents of the dead letter which religion rejects, who have filled the world with the clamour and uproar of religious controversies." - F. D. E. SCHLEIERMACHER. |
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