The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

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(Redirected from Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ) Find out more about navigating Wikipedia and finding information Jump to: navigation, search The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (full title: The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the iscean Age) claims to !e the true stor" of the life of Jesus, including #the $lost% eighteen "ears silent in the &e' Testament() The !oo*, first pu!lished in +,-., 'as 'ritten !" /evi 0( 1o'ling (a*a /evi) during the late nineteenth centur"( 1o'ling claimed to have transcri!ed it from the A*ashic Records( The 2Aquarian Gospel2 is considered an apocr"phal 'or*, even though 33 unli*e most of the other apocr"phal gospels 33 it 'as 'ritten and pu!lished relativel" recentl"( The title is derived from the astrological naming of time periods in terms of constellations4 in that s"stem, the Age of Aquarius is approaching( 5+6

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B'i*iBCmage:Di*isource3logo(svg B'i*iBCmage:Di*isource3logo(svgDi*isource has original te@t related to this article: The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ A?CTCE& C( =irth and ?arl" /ife of 8ar", 8other of Jesus( Chapter +( A?CTCE& CC( =irth and Cnfanc" of John the 0ar!inger, and of Jesus( Chapters 73>( A?CTCE& CCC( ?ducation of 8ar" and ?liFa!eth in Goan( Chapters H3+7( A?CTCE& CI( Childhood and ?arl" ?ducation of John the 0ar!inger( Chapters +:3+<( A?CTCE& I( Childhood and ?arl" ?ducation of Jesus( Chapters +>37-( A?CTCE& IC( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in Cndia( Chapters 7+3:<( A?CTCE& ICC( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in Ti!et and Destern Cndia( Chapters :>3:H( A?CTCE& ICCC( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in ersia( Chapters :.3;+( A?CTCE& CJ( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in Ass"ria( Chapters ;73;:( A?CTCE& J( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in Greece( Chapters ;;3;>( A?CTCE& JC( /ife and Dor*s of Jesus in ?g"pt( Chapters ;H3<<( A?CTCE& JCC( The Council of the Aeven Aages of the Dorld( Chapters <>3>-( A?CTCE& JCCC( The 8inistr" of John the 0ar!inger( Chapters >+3>;( A?CTCE& JCI( The Christine 8inistr" of Jesus( Cntroductor" ?poch( Chapters ><3H+( A?CTCE& JI( The Kirst Annual ?poch of the Christine 8inistr" of Jesus( Chapters H73,-( A?CTCE& JIC( The Aecond Annual ?poch of the Christine 8inistr" of Jesus( Chapters ,+3+7:(

A?CTCE& JICC( The Third Annual ?poch of the Christine 8inistr" of Jesus( Chapters +7;3+<.( A?CTCE& JICCC( The =etra"al and Arrest of Jesus( Chapters +<,3+>;( A?CTCE& JCJ( The Trial and ?@ecution of Jesus( Chapters +><3+H+( A?CTCE& JJ( The Resurrection of Jesus( Chapter +H7( A?CTCE& JJC( 8aterialiFation of the Apiritual =od" of Jesus( Chap3 ters +H:3+.-( A?CTCE& JJCC( ?sta!lishment of the Christine Church( Chapters +.+3+.7(

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The 2Aquarian Gospel2 ma*es the follo'ing claims, among others: Jesus 'as distinct from Christ, or 2The Christ(2 =" ma*ing himself, through effort and pra"er, a fit vessel, Jesus ena!led The Christ to d'ell 'ithin him( Jesus 'as conceived !" a human father( Jesus came to earth to sho' the 'a" !ac* to God via his lifest"le and teachings( 0e is the e@ample 'e must model our o'n lives after, if 'e see* salvation( Reincarnation e@ists, and is the e@planation for various seeming in9ustices( Reincarnation allo's people to settle de!ts the" have incurred in past lives( 0umanit" has forgotten God and is currentl" 'or*ing its 'a" !ac* to full" remem!ering God( Time is separated into ages( These ages last appro@imatel" 7,--- "ears( De are no' nearing the start of the Aquarian Age( All souls 'ill eventuall" mature and !ecome perfect, li*e Jesus, thus ending the c"cle of reincarnation( &o soul is ever a!andoned !" God(

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Iarious pu!lications have called into question the accurac" of the 2Aquarian Gospel(2 Auch 'or*s generall" ma*e the follo'ing claims, among others5citation needed6: 1o'ling misidentified the ancient ruler *no'n as 0erod, calling 20erod Antipas2 the ruler of Jerusalem, during a period 'hen 0erod the Great actuall" ruled(576 The !oo* depicts Jesus as visiting the cities of /ahore, a*istan, and ersepolis in ersia( /ahore did not e@ist during the period in question, and ersepolis had alread" !een destro"ed !" Ale@ander the Great(576 1o'ling and ?dgar Ca"ce !oth claimed to have produced an account of the life of Jesus through the transcription of the A*ashic records, !ut there are significant differences !et'een their accounts( 1o'lingLs claim that Jesus *ne' 8eng3tse of /hasa, Ti!et, cannot !e true, !ecause 8eng3tse lived :-"ears !efore Jesus% time( There are other pu!lications that attempt to support 1o'lingLs veracit" !" ma*ing counterarguments against these claims of inaccurac"( Cn particular, it is argued in 2Cnitiations of the Aquarian 8asters2 !" Rev( 1r( J(/( Datson, founder of ACCM, Cnc(5citation needed6 that 'ithin Theosophical thought figures such as 8eng3Ate, 8atheno, 8iriam, 8oses, ?li9ah and Iid"apati e@ist in an ascended state and so are a!le to communicate 'ith Jesus after the" have passed on from earthl" e@istence(

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Aquarian Christine Church Mniversal, Cnc( A denomination rising from the Aquarian Gospel and related ne' age movements Aquarian Gospel Reading Kello'ship A non3denominational fello'ship of Aquarian Gospel readers Cntroducing the Aquarian Gospel Commentar" !" A'ami &irmalananda Giri Regarding The Authenticit" of The Aquarian Gospel 1efense of the GospelLs historical accurac" The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the iscean Age A !rief overvie' of the gospel Disdom Archive Aelected articles related to the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ

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Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (+,++) in the Cnternet Archive Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (e3te@t) includes an introduction !" ?va A( 1o'ling Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ Kirst fifteen chapters of the Gospel Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ Complete te@t on a single page Retrieved from 2http:BBen('i*ipedia(orgB'i*iBThePAquarianPGospelPofPJesusPthePChrist2