Re: MISSING PARAGRAPHS FROM NEW ERA

The paper trail left by the Baha'is of yore is damning.
The response by the Baha'is of today is a deafening silence.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barbara) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> "The spiritual or Providential character of the Faith...is further
> exemplified in the continuance, after  'Abdu'l-Baha, of the office of
> interpreter of the Sacred Writings in the person of the successive
> Guardians provided in 'Abdu'l-Baha's Testament.  The Faith, therefore,
> throughout  its era will never suffer the disintegrating influence of
> schisms resulting from differences of interpretation, nor the
> deterioration which follows when generally prevalent materialism
> substitutes  lower values for those revealed by the Founder.  In
> relation to the needs of social progress,  Baha'u'llah provided for
> the formation of an international House of Justice, whose election and
> functions are more specifically revealed in the Testament of
> 'Abdu'l-Baha.  The fact that this supreme administrative body, the
> chairman of which  will be the successive Guardians, can not only
> initiate legislation on all matters not defined in the Book, but also
> annul its own enactments when new conditions require different
> measures,assures for the Faith the vital continuity of a living
> organism.  Established on universal truths, it is endowed with
> capacity to adapt to the conditions and requirements of each
> generation and age."
> 
> "Since acceptance of Baha'u'llah involves acceptance of the social
> teachings and the social institutions He revealed and provided, or
> which have been instituted by 'Abdu'l-Baha, no Baha'i can found a
> separate school or sect, nor justify any other basis for schism."
> 
> Since Shoghi Effendi stated that "Baha'u'llah and the New Era" was one
> of the basic three books Baha'is should use when teaching the Faith, I
> think it is very serious when these two paragraphs were deleted from
> editions printed after 1960.
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>      Barbara