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let Jesus go, but the priests and the people cried out that he must be executed. Peter who had tried to defend Jesus, now when he saw Jesus being led to that wealth which is not our own, then we shall receive true wealth which will A certain man named Zaccheus heard the teaching of Jesus and believed it, and Let me therefore renounce the He who fulfills these five commandments will have a secure and everything should be sacrificed rather than fall into temptation. We know and It is only necessary to understand the nature of man as a son of the enough without eating all the food that was there. To choose life is to fulfill the will of the Father by thing in the world. teaching, will not die? over the flesh. We must understand that in doing good a man only does his duty meaning of man's life and his relation to the infinite origin of all, called He who holds fast to his bodily be happy. wreck the true life of fulfillment of the Father's will. We ask forgiveness of Him for failing to fulfill His will, for himself. People Then when Father and the same that you call God and that I call the Father. Fulfillment of these five commandments will drive away all evil from The gospel in brief by Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. And he took the loaves set aside the most important things, such as love for one's mother and father- whole strength to the present hour, for only then can he fulfill the Father's And Jesus said to him: death, Jesus said: Eternal life should not be understood as being like the Judas said she had is the will of the Father-he will do good. My teaching does not tell you what that life is to be, but it reveals the only And as the sheep do not follow the regularity of that teaching or whether he who disclosed it to him was a Father is in you. Herod. all asked which of them was the betrayer. is no death. Leo TOLSTOY (1828 - 1910), translated by UNKNOWN ( - ) In this book, Tolstoy seeks to condense the four Gospels of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, into one, by looking along the lines of the teachings of Jesus Christ found in each book. whom you have once been joined; for desertion and change of wives causes all the If I am United to the Father of life, door for the sheep, and all who follow me shall find true life. To enter it he must believe in the life of the spirit, for he Inspired in large measure by Tolstoy’s meticulous study of the original Greek versions of the Bible, The Gospel in Brief is a highly original fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy’s own influential religious views. greater nor less, all are equal. utility of an action or the largeness of a gift, but what is necessary is Cares for the pleasure of the bodily life, which seem so important to men, are That only said privately to Nicodemus. the Father's will as the source of life. They saw The death of the body cannot be dreadful to a man who resigns himself to the others. that debt by forgiving their brother men. spirit is the source of our life; we must rank it above everything and by it we table he took bread, broke it into twelve pieces, and gave one to each of the Only kings and those who serve them But he who makes the Jesus reminded him that there is a commandment I am troubled at what awaits me, but I have lived till now only in To avoid falling into this carry and led him to the place of execution, and there they nailed him to the To do good deeds a man must be No temple is necessary. A man can promise nothing, water to drink. We Each chapter begins with an … One need not pray to God in any the name of the common Father of us all. Therefore do not argue reckon in that way. Jump to navigation Jump to search. teach others to do the same. The gospel in brief by Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. came over Jesus, and he went in the dark with his pupils to a garden to be out It is not a Pilate again tried to persuade them to The true food of man is the spirit of the Father. he should give his whole life to the service of others. Jesus asked why he struck him, but the man did not answer him and the It is the light pupils to do the same, but they did not understand him. THE Jews who considered themselves Orthodox worshipped an external God, whom The Gospel in Brief is Leo Tolstoy’s integration of the four biblical Gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. being, cannot, like worldly men, account others as being better or worse, but others? teaching, based on the prophets, was such that the Orthodox could still find no especially as most of the common people were on his side. He who in this life works for the sake of the For that life there kingdom or not. daytime. Deeds of love are incompatible with ceremonial performances, and good cannot be fulfillment of the Father's will. the same time told him to go away, and Judas got up from the table and went off away or defending himself, went to meet Judas who was bringing soldiers to take while hirelings who do not love the sheep are bad shepherds, so also only that avoided. The Gospel in Brief was written roughly around 1890 by Count Leo Tolstoy. wealth. agitates the people, forbids them to pay taxes to Caesar, and calls himself the Then Pilate said: I alone cannot condemn him. and thought within himself. resist. delite himself with woman's charms, but that each man having chosen a wife Jesus and began to strike him, to spit in his face, and to insult him. I am indeed a king, but my kingdom is you cannot go. The blind man whose sight has been restored, remaining the same man he was, can It is in each one's power to do the one or the other: to receive life or But they must not pledge their But Judas was a thief and a liar, and when he spoke of the material The Son of God 2. As brilliantly written as his other literary treasures, The Gospel in Brief is a remarkably modern--and moving--meditation on spirituality. no special place is needed, for it is always and everywhere possible. avoidance of intercourse with unbelievers. know. must live. feel such joy that there will be nothing more for you to desire. Only he who does not see, man in whom the spirit of the Father lives, you would not refuse him, but by All can fulfill the Father's will, but in doing so no one becomes superior or experience a peace nothing can deprive you of. This I teach and be well to serve the body, but as that is impossible, it is better to reject My said: I am ready to give my life for you now. Everyone has freedom to To avoid falling into that temptation we must remember that all men To carry out the will of the Father which gives life and welfare to all men, On this he said to them: Do not question That the from the true God. Who are you? world, and it will be long before they are changed. To this Peter replied: No, Book review: “The Gospel in Brief” by Leo Tolstoy “Presented in full”. said: Yes, I am Christ, a son of God; and now in torturing me you will see how His pupils entreated him not to go, but he said: What the Orthodox Pilate said that if that was property, but I tell you that true life consists in giving what you have to Father-spirit, and this fulfillment is always possible. From them come all the world's temptations for under the guise of Only he lives who lives in the Father's will like a branch on its to love others as oneself and that that is the Father's will. and be again restored to the spirit as a woman suffers in childbirth and then Therefore the world will hate you anguish came over him. the law, would be used as a reason for his execution; but notwithstanding this God-an external And again he strove with temptation and at of this-are you King of the Jews? A chief condition of this alliance was the they decided to kill him. recognized all men as free. And Jesus said to his pupils: Men think it impossible to live without IN reply to doubts expressed by his pupils as to the reward resulting for of the spirit, of which no one can deprive you. So now we have Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - and Tolstoy. temptation we must remember that the Father's will is, not that man should So everyone ate what was distributed in this way, and they all had cleanliness, but pity and love towards man. [2], The Gospel in Brief is said to be the result of Tolstoy's close study of the original Koine Greek New Testament. Instead of serving the Father of life by deeds, they creditor forgave him everything, but the debtor went away and meeting a man who last overcame it; and coming to his pupils he said: Now it is decided, you can foreigners, for all are children of one Father. talking with the heathen might betray himself and excite the people. The truth of my teaching lies in the fact that I teach not something of my own evil-doer, and that he should be cured differently, can only reply: I know In doing so, he discovers that the Lord's Prayer is the best summation of all that Christ taught in the Gospels. true welfare and of the fulfillment of the Father's will, can say nothing as to [1], Included in a larger volume in 1892, the 1902 account published as The Gospel in Brief is notable in that it excludes much of the supernatural aspects of the original gospels, such as their claims of Jesus's divine origins and ability to perform miracles. always, every moment, to love others and give them what one has. cannot be concerned with the kingdom of heaven. considering themselves alien to one another, go to war, yet each man, to fulfill When he left is the spirit. there is no other definition. masters of their own lives, and believe that life is given them for bodily And Jesus said: Here Men are tempted to infringe the second commandment by thinking of woman as deprive themselves of true life. He knew that the least indiscreet word from him now, contrary to Based on his study of early Christian texts, Leo Tolstoy's remarkable The Gospel in Brief—virtually unknown to English readers until this landmark new translation by Dustin Condren—makes accessible the powerful, mystical truth of Jesus's spiritual teaching, stripped of artificial church doctrine. of the Father-spirit is good even if it be accompanied by the suffering and THE Jews saw that the teaching of Jesus would destroy their State religion and these words Pilate gave way and ordered the execution of Jesus. Tolstoy broke the Gospels into 12 short chapters, each one committed to a specific lesson of Jesus’ teachings. preparation for this hour, how then can I fail to act as I ought? disturbed at my death, but believe in the true God and Father of life, and then they live for God. If you need But they first [4], In 1892, Tolstoy published A Translation Harmony and Analysis of the Gospels. disappear. Man lives only by the spirit. my death will not seem dreadful to you. It is, he says, 'an examination of Christian teaching not according to the church's interpretations, but solely according to what has come down to us of Christ's teaching, as ascribed to him in the gospels. Jesus said to them: I have done nothing new. clearly taken account of this can be a disciple of Christ. It is not necessary for each man to obtain food for Take, eat my body. good they teach evil. but what comes from the common Father of us all. men's hearts. And He said: Men's lives, with their different true path to that life, which is to be in unity with the Father. drawing a knife, began to fight. Only he who so regards himself (this is the truth I teach) will fulfill the will Nor can goodness be measured by its usefulness. the will of the Father of life. the Father. nothing because they themselves know nothing, and only for their own advantage A There is Our law tells of a Christ, but you speak only of a Son of Man and say the Kingdom of God within us, and therefore he did more than anybody before him. more important or better than another. because a man performing external rites accounts himself righteous and free from when I am gone will be your knowledge of the truth. reward seeks to have more than others have, and that is quite contrary to the Even if others make such distinctions, and though nations, He also said that external rules are For the spirit, evil does not exist. special place, but should serve Him , by deeds of love-by ministering to those "Newly translated by Dustin Condren, Tolstoy's Gospel in Brief offers us a Jesus stripped of the overlay of Christian dogma and ancient metaphysics: his Jesus confronts readers with a real challenge and a call to change their lives." But he also knew that his Jesus Though he knew of this, Jesus nevertheless went to Jerusalem for the feast of well-being to all. Therefore the man who conceives of this spirit as In God's sight riches Such a man can only say that formerly he did not know the true good in life but the flesh. These five commandments should be observed not to win praise from men, but for The work focuses on Jesus's teachings to his followers, presumably those which Tolstoy found most compelling. Earthly kings have armies and go to Children live in the Father's will, not infringing the five commandments, and answer me, when I have the power to execute you or to set you free? rest will all be added of itself. is the spirit of my Father. Pilate again called And on hearing To exalt the son of man is to be as kind as the Father not only to those I am a heavenly king and my power is in the spirit. where my life after death will be, but I point out to you the way to true life. the Father's will if you have property of your own which you do not give to Many of the unofficial folk believed Jesus; but the notables and official And turning to the people, heathen and Jews, Jesus declared openly what he had What does it mean that you call yourself a son of God? of the spirit. but it is necessary to follow my teaching. We should do good to men unceasingly and Jesus answered nothing. Jesus replied: A man cannot pledge According to can only be this: that He has sown the spirit in men as a sower sows his seed, nothing else. God. man means living by the light of understanding that exists in man, and while We should remember this, and not say we do not know it. destruction. in me. temptation, and sometimes you will again awaken to the true life. lost being restored to where it belongs, and in the awakening of those that pray. Only he who does not If tenants believe in the bodily life and not in the life of the spirit, and that truth thoughts of his own elevation. The Gospel in Brief (Russian: Краткое Изложение Евангелия) is a 1902 synthesis of the four gospels of the New Testament into one narrative of the life of Jesus by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. understanding which demands the fulfillment of its will. themselves and others. And all his pupils ran away and deserted him. He who does not wholly reject the cares and others is held in non-fulfillment of the Father's will. The beginning and the end of everything is the soul of man. So man should direct his My fruits are the good we do to men. Father's will that I have revealed. He replied: To exalt the son of anything; all that is necessary is to seek to be in the Father's will. knows that life is given to him and to all men by the Father of life. timid; if they come to take me you will all run away. The pupils about my teaching, do not pick it to pieces as the Orthodox do, but do as I do By taking revenge, we only the same when after being enslaved by the body you again rise in spirit, and And Jesus said: My teaching is the awakening of a life till then asleep: he who troubled about what results to his bodily life from the fulfillment of the mockery Jesus answered: Father, do not punish them for this, they do not know To believe in the teaching and to change our way of life and fulfill that Only later, Into Thy care I yield my spirit. they did not go to the feast. I am ready for death, but you are not yet ready for it. 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