In The thirteenth Glad-Tidings and The eighth Ishraq,
Baha'u'llah refers to The MEN of God's House of Justice as the
Trustees of God.
Dear Sandra,
Keep in mind that originally Abdu'l-Baha applied this passage when asked why
women were excluded from the Chicago House of Justice. It was later He
Susan: Is that what your argument is based on,
capitalization? Because as far as I know there is not any
convention whereby Baha'is are supposed to use upper case
letters to refer to the Universal House of Justice and lower
case when referring to other institutions. The only difference
Considering that I wasn't stating my opinion and and defining
my personal logic in an attempt to persuade, I would have to
say No to your question.
I don't view this as a great
debate with a winner and loser.
Dear Sandra,
Sorry if I came down too hard in that last post. I'm using the term
Dr. G. Thanks, the unsubscribe request went through
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I'm in complete agreement with Brent's understanding and I
feel that is supported by numerous references from
Baha'u'llah's Writings where the *Trustees* are a direct
reference the the [Universal] House of Justice.
Dear Sandra,
Some of those passage you cite would refer only to the Universal
Susan: Some of those passage you cite would refer only to
the Universal House of Justice and some to Houses of Justice
in general. I don't think that the term 'trustee' is any hint
as to which He is referring to. All members of any elected
institution are 'Trustees of the Merciful.'
Dear
In a message dated 1/29/2005 6:55:36 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"Now, if I were not aware of the Guardian's persnickety precision
in his English translations, I might agree that all the previous post
references referred to any Baha'i House of Justice.
