The Gospel According to Spiritism

Kardec looked forward to basing his teachings in biblical knowledge, as well as the messages he received from his guiding spirits.

Therefore, the first part of the Gospel According to Spiritism is dedicated to a series of observations and clarifications intended to situate its arguments and doctrine so that those more familiar with exegesis would find their way throughout it more easily.

The first item of the introduction argues that the currently existing translations of the Gospels were imperfect and were effectively unintelligible without proper relation to scholarly research about the culture and the customs of the peoples of the Middle-East.

As the entirety of the message of Christ cannot be easily grasped from the existing texts about his life, Kardec argues that instead of handpicking the details, we should pay more attention to his teachings and more significant deeds.

The second item argues that Spiritism is based on the highest and truer Christian morality: that it descends directly from the key teaching of Jesus.