Re: Scope of the House of Justice

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 2/1/2005 9:23:35 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Scott, The House of Justice is elected for the purpose of legislation. *All* our our administrative institutions are expected to consult. Were this not true of the Hands as well, Abdu'l-Baha would not have mentioned the Hands electing nine of them from among their own numbers to validate the choice of the next Guardian. warmest, Susan We are, of course, dealing with conjecture. The Hands did serve admirably and came up with the best solution to the problem. But the problem caused a major bump in the road for the Cause. True such bumps serve to re-define dedication in all the friends, and it is easy to see this over and over as time went on.   However, if SHoghi Effendi had lived past the formation of the institution of the House, the bump could have been avoided, I believe. But it is conjecture here, only conjecture and one wonders why Shoghi Effendi did not see fit to discuss this with the Hands. I hardly think that if he had formulated some kind of plan the place to do it would have been within the supreme institutions of Guardian and House.   Regards,   Scott __________________________________________________ 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