On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:09:30 -0800 (PST), John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G: > But why would the terminology be so inconsistent? > J: > In my view I think it is because the Bab fulfills two roles: (1) Independent > Manifestation and (2) Forerunner of Baha'u'llah. As far as (1) is > concerned, He is in the cycle of fulfillment, not the prophetic cycle. As > far as (2) is concerned, He spent a lot of time foretelling the coming of > HWGWMM (Baha'u'llah), therefore putting Him in the Prophetic cycle. >
But aren't the previous Manifestations supposed to be independent manifestations too, but they are still considered part of the cycle of prophethood. no? -Gilberto > > > > > ________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! â Try it today! > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to > Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a > blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use > subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies > is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web > - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - > news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - > http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > -- "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
