RE: Common Faith

2005-05-05 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you, KhazehKhazeh Fananapazir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re the Document Dominus Iesus: if one goes herehttp://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0086/_P1.HTMone will see a text and how many times a word is used which gives an insightinto the mind of the authorfor example the author Cardinal Ratzinger

The Hands withholding

2005-05-05 Thread Brent Poirier
In the Suratu'l-Haykal, Baha'u'llah writes of the Hands: O Living Temple! Stretch forth Thy hand over all who are in heaven and on earth, and seize within the grasp of Thy Will the reins of command. We have, verily, placed in Thy right hand the empire of all things. Do as Thou willest, and

re: The Hands withholding

2005-05-05 Thread Brent Poirier
One more thing about the Hands. I have always wondered why, when Shoghi Effendi translated the Master's Will, he inserted the parenthetical phrase (pillars) after the word Hands (pp. 3, 10, 11 and 25). This verse from the Suratu'l-Haykal, part of the same passage I quoted in the previous

One Common Faith

2005-05-05 Thread Khazeh Fananapazir
 The One Common Faith has been placed on the web by Dr Foster http://bahaistudies.net/bwc/onecommonfaith.html One Common Faith Commissioned by the Universal House of Justice One Common Faith Bahá'í World Centre Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa Copyright ©

ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study (1)

2005-05-05 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Friends, I will now post ONE COMMON FAITH, and Dominus Iesus, two to three pages at a time (daily? ever other day? weekly?), in that order, if that is ok, for our study. I will start with thePreface by the Universal House of Justice; and I will follow it by the Introduction to Dominus

RE: The Hands withholding

2005-05-05 Thread James Mock
Brent, In like manner, those words that have streamed forth from the source of power and descended from the heaven of glory are innumerable and beyond the ordinary comprehension of man. (Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 5) Baha'u'llah also states that there are innumerable meanings

FW: [winews] Information about the Wilmette Institute for local dissemination

2005-05-05 Thread Susan Maneck
Title: Information about the Wilmette Institute for local dissemination FYI -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:17 PMTo: Wilmette Institute NewsSubject: [winews] Information about the Wilmette Institute for local

RE: ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study (1)

2005-05-05 Thread Khazeh Fananapazir
Thank you Barmak Thank you dear Barmak This study is very useful_ in that it focuses our minds on what the recent Message says and the context of 21st Century Christianity in a document penned by its most powerful institution and leader. Our attitude is always to affirm, expand and

RE: The Hands withholding

2005-05-05 Thread Sandra Chamberlain
Brent: ...With these hands, moreover, We shall both bestow and withhold, though none can understand this save those who see with the eye of the spirit.' ... snip I am interested, not in how God withholds gifts, but in how you friends see that the Hands of the Cause have withheld. Dear Brent,

FW: ABS Sci/Reg SIG meeting in Boston: Request for Presentation Proposals

2005-05-05 Thread Susan Maneck
FYI -Original Message-From: srfriberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:14 PMTo: 'Maneck, Susan'Subject: ABS Sci/Reg SIG meeting in Boston: Request for Presentation Proposals Dear ABS Science and Religion SIG Members and Friends: Our upcoming ABS Sci/Reg SIG