From the French Journal Société Augustin Barruel, no. 27: "Rudolph Steiner et l'inspiration théosophique d'Assise" (pp 28-32) (Rudolf Steiner and the theosophical inspiration of Assisi), my translation of the article:
"Among the conferences from the Cycle dedicated to the Gospel of Mark, we find this key text relating to Assisi:
What will happen when the individual faithful from the different religious systems will understand each other thus, when the Christian will say to the Buddhist: “I believe in your Buddha”, and when the Buddhist will say to the Christian: “I can understand the mystery of Golgotha just as you yourself understand it.”? What will come upon humanity when something such as this becomes the norm? Peace will arrive among men, a reciprocal recognition of all religions. And this must [one day] arrive. And the anthroposophical movement must constitute [the basis for] such an authentic reciprocal understanding of all religions."
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