Son of God Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==Baháʼí Faith== In the writings of the [[Baháʼí Faith]], the term "Son of God" is applied to Jesus,<ref name="lepard">{{cite book | title = In The Glory of the Father: The Baháʼí Faith and Christianity | first = Brian D | last = Lepard | publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust | year = 2008| isbn = 978-1-931847-34-6 | pages = 74–75}}</ref> but does not indicate a literal physical relationship between Jesus and God,<ref name="taherzadeh">{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = Adib |year = 1977 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863–68 |publisher = George Ronald |place = Oxford, UK |isbn = 0-85398-071-3 | page = 182}}</ref> but is symbolic and is used to indicate the very strong spiritual relationship between Jesus and God<ref name="lepard"/> and the source of his authority.<ref name="taherzadeh"/> [[Shoghi Effendi]], the head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century, also noted that the term does not indicate that the station of Jesus is superior to other prophets and messengers that Baháʼís name [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|Manifestation of God]], including [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], [[Muhammad]] and [[Baha'u'llah]] among others.<ref name="log">{{cite book |editor-last = Hornby | editor-first= Helen |year = 1983 |title = Lights of Guidance: A Baháʼí Reference File |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust | location= New Delhi, India |isbn = 81-85091-46-3 |url = http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance | page = 491}}</ref> Shoghi Effendi notes that, since all Manifestations of God share the same intimate relationship with God and reflect the same light, the term Sonship can in a sense be attributable to all the Manifestations.<ref name="lepard"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page