THE “NEW AGE” AND EASIER LIFE

 (THE ELIMINATION OF “SACRIFICE”)

            According to Religion, the purpose for using simplified rites and vernacular languages, as they were introduced in the new liturgy of the Sacrifice, was to make it more intelligible to Men of today.

            Nevertheless, one can easily realize that understanding the Sacrifice and the Death of the Bridegroom ultimately is tantamount to understanding the Bridegroom. Conversely, to consider that it is impossible or perhaps very difficult, to perceive the meaning of the Sacrificial Act equally implies thinking that knowing the Bridegroom is out of the reach of human understanding.

            It was here where the anguish of the bride reached its zenith. Indeed, according to what has been said above, and adhering to the obvious meaning of the concepts and words used, making the Sacrifice intelligible to the Men of today evidently signifies making it more accessible to their mentality. In other words –but meaning the same thing—, it signifies the intention of putting the Sacrifice within the reach of Man’s reason; that is, within the measure and according to the capacity of his intellect.

            The bride had heard about the early centuries of Christianity when Men, bewildered by the doctrines of Aryanism, similarly tried to understand the Bridegroom; but to understand Him in a human way, for such was the nature of the error the Christians of those times fell into.

            Hence, the dejection and pain of the bride.

THE “NEW AGE” AND EASIER LIFE

 (THE ELIMINATION OF “SACRIFICE”)

            Religion was quite willing to present the Sacrifice to the Men of the City as something more accessible and easier to understand. She set herself to the urgent task of providing it with a more intelligible character.

            To accomplish this task, it was not only convenient but also necessary to modify two most relevant elements in the configuration of the Sacrificial Act; on the one hand, the ceremonial rites would be simplified; on the other, the language to be use in the Sacrificial Act would be changed. The first change should be done by way of brevity and simplicity; as for the second, the novelty would mean to include the multitude of languages used by the various peoples of the Earth.

            The Bride was told that this new orientation would help Men understand better and more clearly the meaning –a term preferred to content—of the Sacrificial Act. The use of their vernacular languages was also presented as a useful aid for Men. One must add here the introduction of rites more in accord with the peculiar psychology, customs, and traditions of the Men of the New Age. It goes without saying that these new rites would be divested from their former sumptuous and baroque complexity, more in alignment with Ages gone by; as well as from a sense of transcendence which, in the opinion of those Men, had been excessive and had shrouded the rites in a kind of remote and unreachable character. In sum, language and rites were now arranged and ready to be presented in their new context, undoubtedly much easier to be assimilated by Modern Man’s mentality.