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Response from the Parisian Society of Spiritist Studies about religious issues
(Summary of the minutes of the February 13th 1863 session)
A letter from Tonnay-Charente came to the attention of Mr. Allan Kardec, with answers dictated by a medium from that town about church dogmas. Those questions addressed to the Spirit Jesus, the son of God, and evoked for that reason are given below:
(Summary of the minutes of the February 13th 1863 session)
A letter from Tonnay-Charente came to the attention of Mr. Allan Kardec, with answers dictated by a medium from that town about church dogmas. Those questions addressed to the Spirit Jesus, the son of God, and evoked for that reason are given below:
- Is hell eternal?
- Can you enlighten me with respect to the scene that preceded your passion [jcm – I do not understand “passion” as I suspect it is a period of time or event that took place. Consider calling this event out]?
- Why has the passion taken place?
- What should I think about the communion? Are you actually in the host?
- What is in common between the material and the spiritual power that does not allow their separation?
- What is it so special about love to have it in every heart of all creatures?
- What is sacred history and who is responsible for it?
- What does sacred history mean?
The sender requests that the Society determine the value of the answers he received and the authenticity of the name of the Spirit that provided those answers.
After discussing the subject, the committee proposed the following resolution be read at the Society, which was unanimously approved, and requested that this be placed in the in the Spiritist Review for the general public. In addition, the committee also wanted to make clear that requests, like these, should make clear the uselessness of future request about similar matters. Had the author limited his letter to the first question, it would have been enough to refer him to The Spirits’ Book where the subject has been analyzed! As a matter of fact, the question is badly formulated. One cannot know if he means eternity as a place of atonement or the penalties imposed upon each individual.
After discussing the subject, the committee proposed the following resolution be read at the Society, which was unanimously approved, and requested that this be placed in the in the Spiritist Review for the general public. In addition, the committee also wanted to make clear that requests, like these, should make clear the uselessness of future request about similar matters. Had the author limited his letter to the first question, it would have been enough to refer him to The Spirits’ Book where the subject has been analyzed! As a matter of fact, the question is badly formulated. One cannot know if he means eternity as a place of atonement or the penalties imposed upon each individual.