The quote from the Guardian is:
"The fundamental difference, however, between this Dispensation and all
previous ones is this, that in this Revelation the possibility of
permanent schism between the followers of the Prophet has been prevented
through the direct and explicit instructions providing for the necessary
instruments designed to maintain the organic unity of the body of the
Faithful."
(From a letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the
Guardian, p. 42)
You can't stop people from deciding that they're the Pope, or that their
back yard is sovereign territory and they've seceded from the Union --
or that they're the true head of the Baha'i Faith. It's a free country,
and if someone wants to start a religion, there's nothing to stop them.
But what Shoghi Effendi stated, is that the Covenant (actually what he
terms "the twin Covenants of Baha'u'llah and of Abdu'l-Baha" Citadel of
Faith, p. 76) will prevent *permanent* schisms. These groups will
eventually die out entirely.
Brent
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:12:12 +0000
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