Executive Briefing: Religion as One Continuous Divine Education
The Baháʼí principle of Progressive Revelation holds that religious truth is not absolute, but relative and progressive. God educates humanity through successive Divine Educators (Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh).
1. The Analogy of the Divine Physician
Bahá’u’lláh explains that each Manifestation of God acts as a divine physician prescribing remedies tailored to the particular social and psychological illnesses of their specific age.
2. References
- Bahá’u’lláh. (1862). The Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude). Bahá’í Publishing Trust.
- Hatcher, W. S., & Martin, J. D. (1998). The Bahá’í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. Baha’i Publishing Trust.