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To the less known
non-canonical texts belong the book
Baruch and the book of Enoch.
Within the oldest Fathers and Apologists the book of Enoch, whose acknowledgement as a canonical book especial
Tertullian (150-225) advocated,
enjoyed a high esteem, until the Enoch writings lost credit in the fourth century -
especially caused by Hyronimus (347-420) - and then ceased to be quoted and finally
and finally fell under the ban of the church.
The pious patriarch Enoch was already in the Old Testament in the Genesis
5.23 with 365 years of life mentioned.
In the Judas-Letter,14 and 15 is a citation from the ethiopian Enochbook
Chapt. 1.9: "Now, even at these people is the prophecy aimed which Enoch, the seventh descendant
of Adam has pronounced with the words:" Behold, the Lord has come amidst his holy tens of thousands
to hold court and to punish all the wicked for their godless deeds, with which they have commited
an outrage and because of all the naughty discourses, which they led against him as godless sinners.
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Enoch
, the seventh descendant of Adam, is considered the author of a prophetic Scripture which
BC was widely disseminated in the 2.Jahrhundert.
1. The egypt Enochbook stems from the Abyssinian Church
A. Dillmann, Leipzig, 1853: The Book Enoch;
C. Bonner, London, 1937: The last chapters of Enoch in greek;
2. The Slavic Eenochbook is in its earliest form in old slavoinan.
But Chapters 37-71 are a messianic supplement.
3. The Hebrew Enochbook(the hebrew book of Enoch) was
after a Jewish tradition issued of Hugo Odeberg in 1928.
1968 Reprint by "Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft", Darmstadt.
The
Enoch-book describes a planetary "soul travel" of Enoch under the leadership of various
Archangels (Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Sariel, Gabriel) through the planes of creations to the LORD
(probably the planetary logos).
"Michael, Raphael, Gabriel and Phanuel are later described to be the four angels of the "Lord of the Spirits".
The fall of a big group of angles is described (Leaders: Semjasa, their leader; Urakib, Arameel, Sammael,
Akibeel, Tamiel, Ramuel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Saraqujal, ASAEL ASSOCIATIONS, Armers, Batraal, Anani, Zaqebe,
Samsaveel, Sartael, Tumael, Turel, Jomjael, Arasjal), their incarnation under the human race, which they
seduced to fornication and wickedness, and their tribunal after the Archangel had brought the grievances
before the face of the Lord.
Even the underworld in the West is described:
Then, the future kingdom of God
is pointed out, and the Messianic judgement is described.
Even A. A. Bailey mentions the planetary Logos as to whom the S.S. Kumara had to surrender at his arrival
at our planet as the representative at the buddhic plane millions of years ago - as his personal sacrifice.
The Kumara and the ONe are not mentioned here, neither the solar hierarchy with the Christ.
Weblinks :
 Online-Enoch-Book
Enoch-Encyclopedia
Ethiopic Book of Eenoch
Wiki about Enoch
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