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Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0167
Section 167 of 508
Canonical reference section-0167
English
Various; edited by Constance E. Long
Only the prophets succeeded in freeing themselves from this constraint; in them the identification with Jehovah, the complete sublimation, is successful. They became the fathers of the people. Christ, the fulfilment of prophecy, put an end to this fear of God and taught mankind that the true relation to the Godhead is "love." Thus he destroyed the ceremonial constraint of the Law and gave the example of a personal loving relationship to God. The later imperfect sublimation of the Christian Mass leads again to the ceremonial of the Church from which occasionally the minds capable of sublimation among the saints and reformers have been able to free themselves. Not without cause therefore does modern theology speak of "inner" or "personal" experiences as having great enfranchising power, for always the ardour of love transmutes the dread and constraint into a higher, freer type of feeling.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Seuls les prophètes réussirent à se libérer de cette contrainte ; chez eux, l’identification à Jéhovah, la sublimation complète, réussit. Ils devinrent les pères du peuple. Le Christ, accomplissement de la prophétie, mit fin à cette peur de Dieu et enseigna à l’humanité que la véritable relation à la Divinité est « l’amour ». Il détruisit ainsi la contrainte cérémonielle de la Loi et donna l’exemple d’une relation personnelle et aimante avec Dieu. La sublimation imparfaite ultérieure de la messe chrétienne ramène de nouveau au cérémonial de l’Église, dont les esprits capables de sublimation parmi les saints et les réformateurs ont parfois pu se libérer. Ce n’est donc pas sans raison que la théologie moderne parle d’expériences « intérieures » ou « personnelles » comme possédant un grand pouvoir d’affranchissement, car l’ardeur de l’amour transmue toujours l’effroi et la contrainte en un type de sentiment plus élevé et plus libre.
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