The Secret Doctrines of Jesus

118 Pages·2015·0.684 MB·English

by  H. Spencer Lewis

THE SECRET DOCTRINES OF
JESUS

by H. Spencer Lewis
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DEDICATED
to
Sar Hieronymus
of Belgium
Whose spiritual countenance
and purity of character give
boundless charm to the
magnificence
of his wisdom.
CONTENTS
Preface

1. An Astonishing Discovery
2. The Need for Secrecy
3. The Great Secret School
4. The Secret Mission of Jesus
5. The Stewardship and Discipleship of the Chrisitan Mysteries
6. Individual Secret Missions
7. Strange Biblical Passages
8. The Greatest of Miracles
9. More Biblical Verification
10. The Secret Doctrines
11. The Grand Mysteries
12. Progressive Modification of the Christian Doctrines
13. The Preservation of the Secret Teachings
PREFACE
A
RGUMENT AND CONTROVERSY are not the primary reasons for
writing this book, despite the fact that there is much argument in it and that it
will unquestionably arouse some controversy.
Facts are stubborn things. The truth will reveal itself even when it is
hidden behind a veil or intermingled with allegories, parables, and strange
interpretations. Most of the facts contained in this book are very clearly
revealed in the Christian Bible and particularly in the New Testament. This
book, however, is not an example of how the Christian Bible may be
misinterpreted or misquoted or promiscuously and arbitrarily quoted in parts
to prove an idea, a theory, or a postulation. It has been said that almost any
strange theory or staggering proposition can be proved by taking unconnected
and unrelated passages from the Bible and piecing them together in such a
manner, or giving emphasis to certain words in them, so that they form a new
and wholly incorrect representation.
The quotations from the Christian Bible used in this book are surprisingly
and strangely illuminating when used precisely as they appear in the New
Testament and without separating them from the general text. They contain
facts that have been deliberately overlooked or is interpreted, for they are not
susceptible of several interpretations. They either mean something—or
nothing at all.
Where the New Testament states that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was one
of his secret students or a member of his band of disciples meeting in a secret
place, it does not mean and cannot ‚ mean that it was any other Mary, or that
she was a member of some other group of students, or that she was merely
spiritually or symbolically or allegorically one of his students. It may be very
surprising to learn that Jesus included a woman among his members—
whether it was Mary his mother or some other woman. But just because it is a
surprising fact is no reason to challenge either the truthfulness of it or its
implication, its definitely intended meaning, and the significance that lies
back of it. If Jesus had his mother, as a woman, among his private students or
secret disciples or band of disciples, it is very significant, and not just
because she was Mary, his mother. And if this fact is surprising, what then
are we to think of the other passages in the New Testament stating that there
were other women besides Mary among his private disciples and that,
therefore, all of his disciples and selected students were not men?
Not that this should be something important enough to write a book about,
for after all, women have been eminent students of the great Truths of life,
and great teachers and great preachers, and certainly were qualified in those
days as they are today to be disciples equal with men in any and all
circumstances. The significance lies in the fact that either the church or its
ordained representatives, or some of them, or the Christian movement in the
past centuries has deliberately or unconsciously evaded this significant
feature of the great work of Jesus the Christ.
The same is true in regard to the brothers and sisters of Jesus being
members of his secret, private school. Are we giving too much emphasis to
this relationship and to these heretofore veiled incidents of his life? We think
not, in the light of the fact that many great sermons have been preached, and
pamphlets written and chapters in books carefully prepared to interpret the
attitude of Jesus toward his parents and his flesh-and-blood relatives. Think
for a moment of how many millions of times clergy, in preaching and
writing, have attempted to explain the New Testament passage which appears
to be a rebuke to his mother on the occasion of his delay at the synagogue.
That strange incident has been held before the eyes of Sunday School and
Bible students as well as adults as an indication that Jesus had little or no
patience with his parents, that they had little or no understanding of his
mission in life, and that he could even be unkind, intolerant, and
inconsiderate of women and their inquiries concerning his affairs.
Such explanations and interpretations have left in the minds of many the
doubt as to whether Jesus was as perfect in all human things as he was in all
things divine. Is this fair? And are the interpretations of that incident fair in
the light of the facts which show that Jesus was broad-minded enough,
understanding enough, to allow his mother, brothers, sisters, and other
women to be secret, private students of the great “mysteries” which he taught
them?
If it appears that the author of this book is going too far in giving emphasis
to any possible secret meetings of a private school of discipleship, let it be
kept in mind that the Bible itself is the very best authority for such statements
and goes far indeed in giving emphasis to the fact that Jesus taught the