Hi, brothers, sisters and fellows in the spiritist belief! Excuse me for meddling in the discussion and pardon my english errors, but I'd like to express my personal viewpoint about this conflictual question in the brazilian movement. Regarding Jesus, the definite answer and most apprehensible is in the question 625 of The Spirit's Book:

What is the most perfect type that God has offered to man as his guide and model?

"Jesus."

Jesus is the type of the moral perfection to which man may attain upon this earth. God offers Him to our thought as our most perfect model and the doctrine taught by Him is the purest expression of the divine law, because He was animated by the divine spirit, and was the purest being who has ever appeared upon the earth.

If some of those who have professed to instruct man in the law of God have sometimes led him astray by the inculcation of error. it is because they have allowed themselves to be swayed by sentiments of too earthly a nature, and because they have confounded the laws which regulate the conditions of the life of the soul which regulate the life of the body. Many pretended revealers have announced as divine laws what were only human laws, devised by them for serving their own passions and obtaining dominion over their fellow-men.

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The complements on the personality and importance of Christ according to spiritism lie in the subsequent questions and all over the codification, to the point the Spirit of Truth states that all the truths are found in christianism, which was reiterated many times by the spirit exponents in those Kardec's days and is now evoked by the recent works through mediums such as (and primarily) Chico Xavier when one says spiritism is the primitive, revived christianism. First, there is no personalism nor mysticism in considering the teachings of Jesus as ruling maxims for the whole humankind, for if it weren't named Christianism, it could be called Universal Religion, Love, or any other kind of word that expresses the essence of the laws trusted by God to the most perfect guide for us to be redeemed. Also, would there be little reason of being for the doctrine if we don't consider these fundamental statements made by the Spirit of Truth and all his pleiad, which exalt even more the omnibelevolence of God, showing us that our evolution is cooperative and sending
even His pure and most direct servers, who work continuously in our assistance, to our plane.
For even more clarifying explanation about pure spirits and the Christ, we should as well consult the Revue Spirite, and here is one of the many opportune sites that compilate some refinements present in the periodical, that are often overlooked:
http://www.aeradoespirito.net/ArtigosPN/JESUS_ESPIRITO_SUPERIOR_OU_PURO_PN.html
It might also be relevant, based on those informations, to take in account that the spiritual evolution, in its ascension towards higher degrees in the spiritist scale, is neverending (Question 100 of The Spirit's Book: The classification of spirits is based upon the degree of their advancement, upon the qualities which they have acquired, and upon the imperfections from which they have still to free themselves. This classification, however, is by no means absolute. It is only in its totality that the character of each category is distinctly marked, for each category merges in the one above it by imperceptible gradations, the peculiarities of the successive categories shading off into one another at their extremities, as is the case in the various reigns of nature, in the colours of the rainbow, in the phases of a human life. Spirits may, therefore, be divided into a number of
classes more or less considerable, according to the point of view from which we consider the subject (...)."
In addition, in the Revue Spirite of 1862, the spirit Lacordaire affirms that we can call "Christs" a top degree of the pure spirits in that hierarchy.

Thus, considering the whole Third Revelation presided by the Spirit of Truth, in conformity to God's will, finally we may approach the destinations of the current spiritist movement. My position is in defense of the works developed in our country, particularly those propagated by Chico Xavier: a virtuous man, through whose mediumship hundreds of spirits have communicated in the most several types of subjects, producing more than 450 books, ten thousands of comforting letters and a legacy to millions of people, simply changing the destiny of Spiritism, then how can we claim decidedly that he suffered some kind of serious deception, when his actions and the books received by means of his faculties only showed love, and that God have allowed such manifestation? How would it be considerable, in sake of the "orthodoxy", to consider all the intelectual material provided by his servitude in a life of humility as a mere lie, following that "It's better to reject 10 truths than accepting a lie" without further dedication into the matter, when several people testified his example and the coherence of the teachings revealed, including Herculano Pires, a firm defender of Kardec and the codification? And Chico is just one example (the most outstanding though), besides many others, such as Divaldo Franco, Raul Teixeira, etc; in accordance to the universal control of the spirits' teaching: in any mediunic reunion that we go, we may find practical confirmation to these recent ideas in spiritism, which aren't necessarily new, but are arised when comprehension is possible and necessary.

For instance, the notion of spiritual colonies, which have been expressed by several mediums in the 18th, 19th and 20th century, such as - besides Swedenborg - Louis Alphonse Cahagnet, Andrew Jackson Davis, G. Vale Owen, and who knows, by those unnoticed to history?. Then in Brazil, by Chico Xavier and more hundreds, logically consistent, coherent with a good God, who destines us to a true spiritual life where our experiences and freedom is enhanced, and attested in spiritist centers' activities; just in the right time. A universal mystifying? I don't think so. The spiritist revelation is progressive and each teaching brought from the heavenly spheres have come, again, in the right time, this so since Moses and since the beginnings of mankind. God never abandons us, and who knows how He manifests, but everything that has been shown to this day, including and mainly for us in spiritism, has its purpose.

Kardec spent 10 years in investigation of the spiritual phenomena to be certain of conclusions, to publicate the Spirit's Book, and totalized more, for his experience to confirm the whole basis codified by him, so let's follow his example. I'm just starting to dedicate myself on studying and meditating about this beautiful doctrine, I don't want to promote a clash due to these ideas, shared to be discussed, generate reflections and aprimorate ourselves. I'd like also to recommend the watching of speeches by Haroldo Dutra Dias, who wonderfully links Chico Xavier's psychographies, the codification and Christ's teachings, with emphasis on Judaism tradition.

Peace to us all and may God illuminate us as ever!