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Reincarnation, banned as heresy, NEVER recieved Papel approval.
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Anyone who cares to dig into the historical records of the early church will see that between the third and the fifth century, the Roman Catholic church issued a number of documents that effectively banned the idea of reincarnation as heresy. This knowledge is available for anyone who cares to do a bit of research. In fact, some theologians are aware that the edict to ban reincarnation as heresy did not receive papal approval. Therefore, some argue that this edict is not official church doctrine.
The fact that the church made a determined effort to ban reincarnation as heresy demonstrates that the concept of reincarnation was part of early Christianity. This is simply a historical fact which no one, at least no one who is willing to face reality, can deny.
If reincarnation was indeed part of early Christianity, then how could this idea possibly have been brought into the Christian faith? Is it possible that the idea was part of early Christianity because it was introduced by the very person who founded Christianity, namely Jesus?
It is a historical fact that one of the people who was instrumental in having the church ban the idea of reincarnation was the wife of the Roman emperor Justinian. Her name was Theodora, and she did not like the idea that she could be punished for her actions in a future life. Therefore, she used her considerable influence to start the process that eventually caused the Roman Catholic church to remove all traces, or almost all traces, of reincarnation from Christianity.
Theodora was a living example of how a power elite responds to the idea of reincarnation. First of all, a member of this power elite does not like the idea that they cannot escape punishment. Yet, beyond that personal concern, they have another reason why they do not want people to believe in the idea of reincarnation.
The idea of reincarnation states that you can be punished for your actions in a future lifetime. However, the other side of the coin is that you have more than one lifetime to work out your salvation. This is an idea which does not appeal to a power elite who wants to use religion to gain absolute power over the people.
The modus operandi of the power elite is to set up an organized church and claim that it offers the only path to salvation. This idea works best if people believe that they have only one lifetime to secure their salvation. If people believe that it is now or never, they are far more likely to follow the edicts of the outer church.
If you believe that you have more than one chance to qualify for salvation, then some of the immediacy goes away. You are not as likely to follow the outer church to the letter, and you are not as likely to blindly accept the claims made by the church.
A power elite who wants absolute control, simply cannot allow people to believe in the concept of reincarnation. This concept places the question of punishment in the hands of God, an authority that is above and beyond human beings.
For the full teaching:
[link to www.askrealjesus.com]
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