preexistence

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Man, preexistence of, 6, 17;   an embodied spirit, 18;   fall of, 19, 29;   free agency of, 18, 29.

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

Those products which bear the smallest ratio to the total wealth, those which come last in the industrial series and whose creation supposes the preexistence of all the others.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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)

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)

Essential preexistence is an existence which is not preceded by a cause, but essential phenomena are preceded by causes.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá