The Baha'i Studies Listserv I'm familiar with the passage from the Will and Testament. I'm talking about the reference where the Guardian has his secretary state that this *does* not mean the Hands can reject his choice.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Dean Betts <fdbe...@mindspring.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > The Hands of the Cause of God must elect from their own number nine persons > that shall at all times be occupied in the important services in the work of > the Guardian of the Cause of God. The election of these nine must be carried > either unanimously or by majority from the company of the Hands of the Cause > of God and these, whether unanimously or by a majority vote, must give their > assent to the choice of the one whom the Guardian of the Cause of God hath > chosen as his successor. This assent must be given in such wise as the > assenting and dissenting voices may not be distinguished (i.e., secret > ballot). > > (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 12) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Maneck" <sman...@gmail.com> > To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: Succession > > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Let's say Shoghi >> Effendi had chosen a successor. Does this mean that those Hands of the >> Cause could have rejected his choice, or is the intent of the passage that >> they are supposed to approve it? > > For want of a useful key word I can't find the statement written on > behalf of the Guardian which states that the Hands did *not* have the > authority to reject the Guardian's choice of a successor. I think the > Will and Testament calls upon the Hands to ratify his choice in order > to make it clear without question that a choice has indeed been made. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:fdbe...@mindspring.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-434310-185...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:sman...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-434311-7387...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-434578-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
