Monotheism

Monotheism (from Greek: μόνος mónos "alone" and θεός theós "God") is the religious worship of a single omnipresent God. In contrast, polytheism assumes a multiplicity of gods. Monotheistic religions include in particular Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but also the Sikh and Bahai religions and Zoroastrianism. The monotheistic religions came more and more to the fore in the course of the Greco-Roman culture. However, early forms of monotheism are already attested in Ancient Egypt, namely as early as the 14th century BC under the reign of Pharaoh Echnaton (also Akhenaten, Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, Hellenized as Amenophis IV), who declared Aton to be the sole god.

Rudolf Steiner has pointed out that monotheism came into being at a time when people could only rise in direct experience to the Angel that belonged to them, whereas at the time of polytheism one could still experience the multiplicity of Archangels.

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Das Karma des Berufes des Menschen in Anknüpfung an Goethes Leben, GA 172 (2002), ISBN 3-7274-1720-X English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Polarität von Dauer und Entwickelung im Menschenleben. Die kosmische Vorgeschichte der Menschheit., GA 184 (2002), ISBN 3-7274-1840-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Sonnenmysterium und das Mysterium von Tod und Auferstehung, GA 211 (1986), ISBN 3-7274-2110-X English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Menschliches Seelenleben und Geistesstreben im Zusammenhange mit Welt- und Erdentwickelung, GA 212 (1998), ISBN 3-7274-2120-7 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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