Spiritual laws abide while social laws change
(God's Faith is eternal in the past and eternal in the future)[edit]
“...this is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future,”
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, p. 136)
The spiritual aspect of religion is the same forever[edit]
“The spiritual aspect of religion is ... the same yesterday , today and forever.”
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 142)
The spiritual law never alters but the practical rules must change[edit]
"In the former days the punishment for theft was the cutting off of the right hand; in our time this law could not be so applied. In this age, a man who curses his father is allowed to live, when formerly he would have been put to death. It is therefore evident that whilst the spiritual law never alters, the practical rules must change their application with the necessities of the time. The spiritual aspect of religion is the greater, the more important of the two, and this is the same for all time, it never changes! It is the same, yesterday, today, and for ever! `As it was the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.'"
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 142-143)