Quotations from the Bahá'i writings:

1. "As to the position of Christianity, let it be stated without any hesitation or equivocation, that its divine origin is unconditionally acknowledged, that the Sonship and Divinity of Jesus Christ are fearlessly asserted, that the divine inspiration of the Gospel is fully recognized, that the reality of the mystery of the Immaculacy of the Virgin Mary is confessed, and the primacy of Peter, the prince of the Apostles, is upheld and defended."

Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 109

2. "The Founder of the Christian Faith is designated by Bahá'u'lláh as the 'Spirit of God,' is proclaimed as the One Who 'appeared out of the breath of the Holy Ghost,' and is even extolled as the 'Essence of the Spirit.' His mother is described as 'that veiled and immortal, that most beauteous, countenance,' and station of her Son eulogized as a 'station which hath been exalted above the imaginings of all that dwell on earth,' whilst Peter is recognized as one whom God has caused 'the mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth."

Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come , p. 110

3. "We have also heard a number of the foolish of the earth assert that the genuine text of the heavenly Gospel doth not exist amongst the Christians...How grievously they have erred! How oblivious of the fact that such a statement imputeth the gravest injustice and tyranny to a gracious and loving Providence."

Bahá'u'llá'h, Kitáb-i-Iqán, p. 89

4. "The Apostles of Christ were even as letters, and Christ was the essence of the Word Itself; and the meaning of the Word, which is grace everlasting, cast a splendor on those Letters. Again, since the Letter is a member of the Word, it therefore, in its inner meaning is consonant with the Word."

Abdu'l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 60

5. "This book is the holy book of God and of sacred inspiration. It is the Bible of salvation, the noble Gospel."

Abdu'l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 145

6. "When Abdu'l-Bahá states we believe what is in the Bible, He means in substance. Not that we believe every word of it to be taken literally or that every word is the authentic saying of the Prophet."

Lights of Guidance, p. 494

7. "The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ."

Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'i World Faith, p. 400

8. "When Christians act according to the teachings of Christ, they are called Bahá'is. For the foundations of Christianity and the religion of Bahá'u'lláh are one. The foundations of all the divine Prophets and Holy Books are one. The difference among them is one of terminology only."

Abdu'l-Bahá, Promulgation of World Peace, p. 247

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