preexistence

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Book of Mormon scriptures are likewise explicit in proof of the preexistence of the Christ and of His foreappointed mission.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

In the following year Faustus removed to Poland, where he endeavored to unite the various Unitarian parties: the Anabaptists, Non-adorantes, the believers in the preexistence of Christ, etc., and their opponents.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

He was like some one lying in twilit, formless preexistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

They disagreed on infant baptism, the preexistence and adoration of Christ, etc.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

The spirit is independent of the body, and in relation to it the spirit is an essential preexistence.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá