On May 19, 1:58 pm, ross.in.can...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Shoghi Effendi, in a message to the Bah=E1'=ED world sent on November
27,
> 1954, while discussing the Archives building, wrote:
>
> "The raising of this Ediface will in turn herald the construction, in
> the course of successive
> epochs of the Formative Age of the Faith, of several other
> structures,
> which will serve as the administrative seats of such divinely
> appointed
> institutions as the Guardian****p, the Hands of the Cause, and the
> Universal House of Justice."
>
> Does the Heterodox Bah=E1'=ED administration intend, for example, to
> include an office and library for the Guardian of the Bah=E1'=ED Faith
in
> their plans for the construction of the Ediface for the "divinely
> appointed" institution, the Guardian****p of the Bah=E1'=ED Faith?
>
> Or do they plan to populate that structure with individuals of their
> own choosing, individuals separate from the Guardian****p?
>
> Will they remember these official written statements of the first
> Guardian, recorded in his Spiritual Testament, The Dispensation of
> Bah=E1'u'll=E1h concerning the twin sacred Institutions of the
> Guardian****p and the Universal House of Justice?:
>
> "Neither can, nor will ever, infringe upon the
> sacred and prescribed domain of the other."
>
> Do they plan to infringe on the "sacred and prescribed domain" of the
> institution of the Guardian****p by filling the Ediface meant to serve
> as the administrative seat of the Guardian****p with individuals who
> have nothing to do with the Guardian****p?
> That is a legitimate question because that is the only class of
> individuals which the Heterodox/san-Guardian administration/
> organization has, namely individuals who have nothing whatsoever to do
> with the Guardian****p of the Bah=E1'=ED Faith.
>
> Or do the Heterodox Bah=E1'=ED leaders intend to simply abrogate the
words=
> of Shoghi Effendi, quoted above?
>
> The website of the living Guardian of the Bah=E1'=ED Faith:
>
> http://www.Bahai-Guardian.com
Ross,
Perhaps they will build an empty building where their UHJ members can
go to commune with the spirit of Shoghi Effendi, and to receive the
necessary guidance for the UHJ to function. Do you think?
Jeffrey
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