preexistence
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The spirit is independent of the body, and in relation to it the spirit is an essential preexistence.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
And finally, in his Epistles, he declares the preexistence of Christ, and the fact of Christ's utterances through the prophets as far back in time as the days of Noah.
From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong
The second sort of preexistence is the preexistence of time, and that has no beginning.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Man, preexistence of, 6, 17; an embodied spirit, 18; fall of, 19, 29; free agency of, 18, 29.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
An irresistible belief in preexistence, immortality and transmigration, results.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger