Reflections on Lessing's Fragments

[the same] religious teachers Religionslehrer: generally refers to clergy or those authorized to teach church doctrine have taken, formed, and forced upon mankind such contradictory dogmas Lehrsätze: formal doctrines or articles of faith as truths—truths of which one nonetheless felt that they were not associated with the power of truth, but rather with completely incorrect concepts that were not to be found in the Book of Revelation original: "Buche der Offenbarung." While this can refer specifically to the Apocalypse of John, it more likely refers here to the Bible as a whole or the concept of Divine Revelation itself..

Therefore, it does not surprise me at all that you, like most scholars, have also conceived a hatred for this book, have failed to recognize the truths certainly hidden within it, and—just like the orthodox original: "Orthotoxen." A slightly misspelled reference to the rigid defenders of established church doctrine.—have wandered into error, because you understand the powers of light and darkness The "powers of light and darkness" is a recurring theme in theosophical mysticism, notably the works of Jakob Böhme, suggesting a cosmic struggle or duality within the divine and human nature. just as little as those religious teachers do.

From my youth up, I have been a great friend and admirer—