Gilberto, At 09:58 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: >>Like lesser prophets? How much lesser are we talking about? Are you saying >>that the Continental Consellors are like Confucious or Isaiah or Solomon?<<
My own view is that is best not to equate, or even relate, any kind of appointment within, or by, the Baha'i administration with a person having attained the station of the Lesser Prophets. If there are such people living, and no one has any means of knowing one way or another, speculating on who or where they are can, IMO, cause all sorts of problems. Although a person might attain the station of a Lesser Prophet, they would not actually be Lesser Prophets. As Shoghi Effendi wrote through his secretary, all Prophets, Greater and Lesser, have a differently defined "nature" from the one God names for ordinary humans: "The Prophets `regarded as One and the same person' include the Lesser Prophets as well, and not merely Those Who bring a `Book'. The station is different, but they are Prophets and Their nature thus different from that of ours." -- From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual Baha'i, February 8, 1949 (Lights of Guidance, p.499) `Abdu'l-Baha regarded Confucius as a reformer, not as a Lesser Prophet. With regards, Mark A. Foster • 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ 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
