Doctrinal Principles
The key aspects of the Gospel According to Spiritism are:
- The revelation of God is continuous because mankind is slowly evolving to a higher level, making it necessary to perfect the doctrine. The first revelation was through Moses, the second through Christ (modern Spiritists argue that it was previously tried in Greece with Socrates but failed), and the third one was from God himself through his messengers (Spiritism).
- Spirits are immortal and live several lives (reincarnations) to perfect their moral and their intelligence until they are able to be in the presence of God.
- Every revelation elaborates on the previous, instead of revoking it.
- Morality is mostly based on love (spiritual love, that is, not carnal love) for everyone and anyone.
- Love must be put to practice.
- Charity (the practice of love) must not seek retribution.
- Religion must be free.
- Marriage is not indissoluble, if there is no agreement anymore, this proves that God never united the couple.
- Outside charity there is no salvation.
- Everyone will eventually be saved, though it may take an unimaginably long time for some (see universal reconciliation).
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Famous quotes containing the word principles:
“With our principles we seek to rule our habits with an iron hand, or to justify, honor, scold, or conceal them:Mtwo men with identical principles are likely to be seeking fundamentally different things with them.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)