{"id":8,"date":"2009-09-19T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T04:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.spiritualist-church.org.au\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2019-01-13T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T05:12:19","slug":"the-fatherhood-of-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-fatherhood-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fatherhood of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Jackson Davis perceived God as an Eternal Spirit which is omnipresent          in the entire universe. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Andrew_Jackson_Davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88\" title=\"Andrew Jackson Davis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Andrew_Jackson_Davis.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Jackson Davis\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Man himself is an individualisation of this Spirit          which expresses itself in unchangeable laws. Harmonious co-operation with          these laws leads man towards a conscious unity with God. God is the Father          Spirit of the great universal Brotherhood of Man.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;More Spirit Teaching&#8221;, transmitted through the mediumship          of William Stainton Moses, the spirit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/William_Stainton_Moses_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-90\" title=\"William Stainton Moses\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/William_Stainton_Moses.jpg\" alt=\"William Stainton Moses\" width=\"86\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>communicators described God as the          informing, energising Spirit, permeating all. The word Father is the true          concept of a God of love, perfect and perpetual, who knows no distinction          of race or creed.<\/p>\n<p>The guide &#8220;Silver Birch&#8221; declared; &#8220;The Great Spirit is          infinite and you are parts of the Great Spirit. We preach the gospel of          the Spiritual brotherhood of all peoples, with the Great White Spirit          as the common Father.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-fatherhood-of-god\/\">The Fatherhood of God<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-brotherhood-of-man\/\">The Brotherhood of Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/communion-of-spirits-and-the-ministry-of-angels\/\">The Communion of Spirits and the Ministry of Angels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/continuous-existence-of-the-human-soul\/\">The Continuous Existence of the Human Soul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/personal-responsibility\/\">Personal Responsibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/compensation-and-retribution-for-all-good-and-evil-deeds-done-on-earth\/\">Compensation and Retribution hereafter for all Good and Evil deeds done on Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/eternal-progress-open-to-every-soul\/\">Eternal Progress open to every Human Soul<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-fatherhood-of-god\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-brotherhood-of-man\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/communion-of-spirits-and-the-ministry-of-angels\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/continuous-existence-of-the-human-soul\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/personal-responsibility\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/compensation-and-retribution-for-all-good-and-evil-deeds-done-on-earth\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Jackson Davis perceived God as an Eternal Spirit which is omnipresent in the entire universe. Man himself is an individualisation of this Spirit which expresses itself in unchangeable laws. Harmonious co-operation with these laws leads man towards a conscious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/the-seven-principles-of-spiritualism\/the-fatherhood-of-god\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1254"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}