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Gods and Deities

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	== Gods and Deities ==		== Gods and Deities ==

	'''Gods''' or '''Deities''' are usually referred to as beings of the [[first hierarchy\|first]] and [[second hierarchy]]. Originally, the word God had a neuter gender, as it encompassed male and female deities equally. Today, the singular God is used primarily to refer to the [[God the Father\|Father]] principle of the divine [[Trinity]].		'''Gods''' or '''Deities''' (from {{Greek\|θεός}} theós; {{Latin\|deus}}) are usually referred to as beings of the [[first hierarchy\|first]] and [[second hierarchy]]. Originally, the word God had a neuter gender, as it encompassed male and female deities equally. Today, the singular God is used primarily to refer to the [[God the Father\|Father]] principle of the divine [[Trinity]].

	{{GZ\|In those times it was not as it is in our time, where it is so easily objected to one when one speaks of spiritual things: you speak much of the spirit of the people or the spirit of the times or otherwise of spiritual facts, but you speak so little of God. - People do not realise why one does not speak of God: because no human concept can really embrace that in which we live, weave and are. In this, too, there are views, some of which are very interesting. When I recently gave a public lecture in a town and, as has become so common, questions were put up for answer, one person asked a very clever question. He asked: Yes, if one logically recognises an object by looking at it as an object, by being able to confront it - if we cannot have an objective image of an object that we have within us, like the eyeball, for the reason that we cannot look at it - what about the assertion of some mystics that one has to move away from God in order to be able to look at him as an object?		{{GZ\|In those times it was not as it is in our time, where it is so easily objected to one when one speaks of spiritual things: you speak much of the spirit of the people or the spirit of the times or otherwise of spiritual facts, but you speak so little of God. - People do not realise why one does not speak of God: because no human concept can really embrace that in which we live, weave and are. In this, too, there are views, some of which are very interesting. When I recently gave a public lecture in a town and, as has become so common, questions were put up for answer, one person asked a very clever question. He asked: Yes, if one logically recognises an object by looking at it as an object, by being able to confront it - if we cannot have an objective image of an object that we have within us, like the eyeball, for the reason that we cannot look at it - what about the assertion of some mystics that one has to move away from God in order to be able to look at him as an object?

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	The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation") originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].		The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation") originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].

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	{{Quote\|God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.\|{{B\|John\|4:24}}}}		{{Quote\|God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.\|{{B\|John\|4:24}}}}

	God is [[spirit]] and as such the pure, perfect [[actuality]]. He therefore gives all material and immaterial things and beings their being, for he is the ens a se, the being-in-itself. It is "pure act" (actus purus) in the sense of Aristotle's doctrine of act and potency<ref>Cf. [[w:Aristotle\|~~Aristotl~~]]: ''Metaphysics'', XI 7, 1072b ff. according to Regenbogen, Arnim, Uwe Meyer: Wörterbuch der philosophischen Begriffe. Meiner, Hamburg 2005: actus purus.</ref>. His infinite potential does not unfold step by step, but is always already completely realised. He is perfect eternity without beginning and without end. Only for him is it true in the fullest sense: "I am who I am" ({{B\|Ex\|3:14}}). His attributes and his actions are identical with his being, and his existence is an inseparable part of his being. Created beings, on the other hand, always have unrealised possibilities, both in terms of their imperfections and their perfections.		God is [[spirit]] and as such the pure, perfect [[actuality]]. He therefore gives all material and immaterial things and beings their being, for he is the ens a se, the being-in-itself. It is "pure act" (actus purus) in the sense of Aristotle's doctrine of act and potency<ref>Cf. [[w:Aristotle\|Aristotle]]: ''Metaphysics'', XI 7, 1072b ff. according to Regenbogen, Arnim, Uwe Meyer: Wörterbuch der philosophischen Begriffe. Meiner, Hamburg 2005: actus purus.</ref>. His infinite potential does not unfold step by step, but is always already completely realised. He is perfect eternity without beginning and without end. Only for him is it true in the fullest sense: "I am who I am" ({{B\|Ex\|3:14}}). His attributes and his actions are identical with his being, and his existence is an inseparable part of his being. Created beings, on the other hand, always have unrealised possibilities, both in terms of their imperfections and their perfections.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	[[File:God2-Sistine Chapel.png\|thumb\|500px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''God creates Adam'', ceiling fresco, [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]] (1508-1512)]]		[[File:God2-Sistine Chapel.png\|thumb\|500px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''God creates Adam'', ceiling fresco, [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]] (1508-1512)]]

	The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation"), originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].		The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation") originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation"), originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].		The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic\|*guda-\|God}}, literally "invocation"), originated in the [[w:Germanic languages\|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].

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The word '''God''' (derived from {{Germanic|*guda-|God}}, literally "invocation"), originated in the [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic languages]] as a general designation for exalted [[spiritual beings]].

== Literature ==
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Vorstufen zum Mysterium von Golgatha '', [[GA 152]] (1990), ISBN 3-7274-1520-7 {{Lectures|152}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Inneres Wesen des Menschen und Leben zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt'', [[GA 153]] (1997), ISBN 3-7274-1530-4 {{Lectures|153}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Das Karma des Berufes des Menschen in Anknüpfung an Goethes Leben'', [[GA 172]] (2002), ISBN 3-7274-1720-X {{Lectures|172}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Erdensterben und Weltenleben. Anthroposophische Lebensgaben. Bewußtseins-Notwendigkeiten für Gegenwart und Zukunft'', [[GA 181]] (1991), ISBN 3-7274-1810-9 {{Lectures|181}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Der Tod als Lebenswandlung'', [[GA 182]] (1996), ISBN 3-7274-1820-6 {{Lectures|182}}

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