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In this book, Baha'u'llah proclaims that there is only one God, "unknowable, inaccessible, the source of all Revelation, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and almighty," asserts that Divine revelation has been progressive throughout the ages, "confirmed the unity of the Prophets, the universality of their Message, the identity of their fundamental teachings, the sanctity of their scriptures, and the twofold character of their stations," refers to and explains the symbolic passages of the New Testament, "enumerates the essential prerequisites for the attainment by every true seeker of the object of his quest;.. upholds the purity and innocence of the Virgin Mary.. Well may it be claimed that of all the books revealed by the Author of the Baha'i Revelation, this Book alone, by sweeping away the age-long barriers that have so insurmountably separated the great religions of the world, has laid down a broad and unassailable foundation for the complete and permanent reconciliation of their followers." (gpb 139)
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