Some descriptions I've seen of the concept of "Perfect Man" are rather exalted. So even if Bahais might use the term a little more liberally than the term Manifestation they seem to be rather similar. At least from what I remember what you had actually said was that the term "manifestation" was used a little bit more liberally in the early Bahai writings, and that it was actually applied to Perfect Men. In any case, the distinctions here seem to be getting really rareified and technical. So if you are going to seriously object to what I wrote below you should say what that extra-something you think is in the definition of "manifestation" which isn't in the definition of "perfect man".
Peace Gilberto On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:30:15 -0600, Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "According to comments made by Susan in a different context, the > concept of Manifestation corresponds somewhat to the concept of > Perfect Man. And I would say that although Islam would say there > aren't new prophets after Muhammad, it is possible for there to be > "Perfect Men" after the Muhammad." > > Dear Gilberto, > > I think you misunderstood what I said. As I recall you raised the question > of the Perfect Man and I indicated the Writings used that a little more > broadly than Manifestation as Baha'u'llah applied it to the Siyyid Kazim > Rashti and Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i was well. > > Baha'u'llah is more than a Perfect Man, and He is only 'not a prophet' in > the sense that He is much *more* than that, not less. > > warmest, Susan > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
