Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 206

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§ 51.

BOTH SCIENCES UNIVERSAL

[Div. II

but reserve it for treatment under the development of the conception of Theology. At this point, therefore, a simple sugConcerning the first, the universally valid gestion suffices. is inseparable from all science not in the sense that every individual agrees with you, but that the subject of your

character science

is,

;

and ever will

be, the universal

human

conscious-

Well, then, the palingenesis, which does not operate within single persons atomistically, but organically upon our race, will produce this result that the tree of humanity, our ness.

:

race,

humanity

consciousness^ shall

Christ."

and thus also the universal human be glorified and sanctified in the " body of

as a whole,

He who

remains outside of this

aivay from humanity.

Up

till

the end, /a?Zs

to the time of this final solution,

however, neither the naturalistic nor the Christian science have any universally compulsive character outside of their own sphere. We encounter one another in open conflict, and a universally compulsory science, that shall be compulsory upon all men, is inconceivable. And concerning the second point, let the provisional remark suffice, that there is not merely a palingenesis of the human soul, but also a palingenesis of the bod}^ and of the cosmos. This accounts for the central character of the Resurrection of Christ, and for the far-reaching significance of the restoration of the cosmos,

which in Matthew palingenesis.

xix. 28 is indicated by this very

word

of

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