Texts and commentaries

Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project: Some Theosophical Perceptions

Govert Schüller

Documents disagreement within Theosophy about the World Teacher project and differing explanations of its outcome. Opponents' judgments are attributed rather than presented as a uniform Theosophical position.

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Kurzer Aufschub für die allerletzten Reinigungsphasen der Erde von Gott gewährt

Orden Fiat Lux; Uriella and Icordo

Attributes the missed European disaster sequence to divine mercy while citing contemporary disasters and retaining a near-term war and golden-age expectation.

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Kuzari

Judah Halevi

Uses a seed-to-tree analogy for Israel and other nations preparing for the expected Messiah, while distinguishing fidelity under humiliation from superstition.

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La Genèse / La Génesis: Los milagros y las predicciones según el espiritismo

Allan Kardec; Gustavo N. Martínez and Marta H. Gazzaniga, translators

Interprets a new age as gradual moral renewal and replacement of incarnating spirits, explicitly rejecting sudden annihilation. Reinterprets Jesus’s generation statement within this framework.

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Large Catechism

Martin Luther

Explains resurrection terminology and the Spirit's continuing work toward final holiness.

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Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life)

Anonymous Buddhist scripture; Chinese T360 traditionally attributed to translator Sanghavarman

The Buddha predicts that scriptures and teachings will perish while this sutra remains for another hundred years, offering deliverance to those who encounter it.

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General Islam

Lataif al-isharat

Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri

Al-Qushayrī identifies the sign with Jesus being sent down from heaven before the resurrection. This is the full short entry for the verse.

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Al-Qushayrī on the sign before the resurrection · commentary →

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

Baha'u'llah

Claims that followers of Jesus have missed the return announced in the Gospel; distinct from the Kitab-i-Aqdas.

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Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

Baha'u'llah

Envisions the gathering and regeneration of humanity and assigns the advancement of Lesser Peace to rulers and ministers.

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Lawh-i-Fuad

Baha'u'llah

Narrates the death and judgment of Fuad and predicts dismissal of one like him and the seizure of the ruler; identifying later events requires separate historical evidence.

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Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)

Baha'u'llah

Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Carmel addresses Mount Carmel as a living participant in a sacred encounter and announces renewal.

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Lawh-i-Maqsud

Baha'u'llah

Proposes international deliberation and restraint of armaments; anticipates adoption of a universal language and script.

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Islam — Ahmadiyya

Lecture Lahore: Islam in Comparison with Other Religions of India

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

In this lecture, Ghulam Ahmad identifies himself as the Messiah and describes a spiritual defeat of Satan followed by a thousand years of divine supremacy.

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Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam1.3.25, Los Angeles,30September1972

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Applies scripture's predatory rulers to contemporary governments while placing Kalki roughly427,000years away. Requires named parent, place, timing and activity as tests of claimant identity.

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Letter on Certain Questions Concerning Eschatology

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Franjo Šeper and Jérôme Hamer

Affirms resurrection of the whole person, a conscious spiritual element surviving death, and a glorious manifestation of Christ distinct from the immediate postmortem condition. Warns against arbitrary imaginative descriptions of the afterlife.

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Letter on peace activism and the political initiative for the Lesser Peace

Universal House of Justice, Department of the Secretariat, on its behalf

Explains that believers promote peace principles and public understanding while the conference of rulers and political unification arise independently of direct Bahai planning. Responds to a proposed Washington State legislative resolution.

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Letter on the Lesser Peace and Supreme Tribunal to an individual, 31 January 1985

Department of the Secretariat on behalf of the Universal House of Justice

Explains stages of peace: governments initially establish political unity without direct Bahai action, while Bahai influence increases later. Distinguishes international executive and future Bahai institutions using earlier letters; context supports youth peace activity rather than passive waiting.

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Letter on the Origin and Time of the Antichrist

Adso of Montier-en-Der

Describes a final Frankish emperor, subsequent Antichrist persecution, Enoch and Elijah, and an uncertain interval before judgment. Anti-Jewish claims belong to the medieval author’s polemic.

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Letter to an individual on human suffering and the reconstruction of society

Universal House of Justice, Department of the Secretariat, on its behalf

Interprets global calamities as purposeful within a redemptive plan, anticipates a new life-giving spring, and explains the future World Order through spiritual change, administration and grassroots development.

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Letter to Augustine (Augustine correspondence 198)

Hesychius of Salona

Rejects calculation of day, month or year but reads contemporary distress and celestial signs as indicating nearness. Argues gospel proclamation has already extended widely enough to support expectation.

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Letter to Hesychius on the End of the World (Letter 199)

Augustine of Hippo

Separates ignorance of the end’s timing from sinful negligence; explains vigilance through readiness at personal death as well as the final judgment. Warns against interpreting last-hour language as knowledge of the remaining duration.

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Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834

Joseph Smith; clerical copy identified in date field

Joseph Smith’s letter to Lyman Wight and others, dated 16 August 1834, discusses gathering to Jackson County under stated conditions. The surviving text is a retained clerical copy in his letterbook.

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Gathering to Jackson County →

Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833

Joseph Smith; clerical copy identified in date field

Describes the Son of Man’s advent and cosmic upheaval as rapidly approaching, grounding ethical vigilance. The following generation phrase concerns the revealed work.

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Preparing for Christ’s coming · commentary →

Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 12 February 1833

Joseph Smith

Protests partial publication of the January warning, claims divine command for the entire text and assigns responsibility to the editor for withholding it. Documents contemporary transmission and claimed authority.

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Smith asks Saxton to publish the entire warning · commentary →