Re: Status of Promulgation
> The Guardian quotes a number of times from Promulgation in his
> letters and
> in God Passes By. He does not regard it as unreliable.
Dear Brent,
The Guardian sometimes quotes pilgrim's notes. That doesn't make them
reliable as a body. At most, it might give some status to the specific
passage being quoted. I'm not sure whether or not we have the original
transcript where Abdu'l-Baha refers to the 'missing link.' Nor do I
know any place where the Guardian quotes that passage.
warmest, Susan
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Re: Status of Promulgation
Brent Poirier Attorney at Law wrote:
A point of clarification on this:
This idea is from a passage in Promulgation of Universal Peace. The
talks in that book are not authenticated, so we cannot be sure
exactly what Abdu'l Baha said. I wouldn't put too much weight on a
statement from non-authenticated texts.>>
The Guardian quotes a number of times from Promulgation in his letters
and in God Passes By. He does not regard it as unreliable. The House
includes quotes from Promulgation in any number of the compilations on
various subjects it has prepared.
In a letter written on behalf of the House on the authenticity of
various books, it is implied that some of the talks in Promulgation are
not authenticated and some are:
Regarding the status of Abdu'l-Baha's talks published in "The
Promulgation of Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", original Persian
transcripts of some, but not all, of the talks are available. We
provide the following extract from a letter written on behalf of the
Universal House of Justice which indicates that "in the future each
talk will have to be identified and those which are unauthenticated
will have to be clearly distinguished from those which form a part of
Baha'i Scripture:
"The original of "Some Answered Questions" in Persian is preserved in
the Holy Land; its text was read in full and corrected by Abdu'l-Baha
Himself. Unfortunately, Abdu'l-Baha did not read and authenticate all
transcripts of His other talks, some of which have been translated into
various languages and published. For many of His addresses included in
"The Promulgation of Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", for example, no
original authenticated text has yet been found. However, the Guardian
allowed such compilations to continue to be used by the friends. In the
future each talk will have to be identified and those which are
unauthenticated will have to be clearly distinguished from those which
form a part of Baha'i Scripture. This does not mean that the
unauthenticated talks will have to cease to be used -- merely that the
degree of authenticity of every document will have to be known and
understood. (23 March 1987)"
Memo from the Research Department quoting a letter written on behalf of
the House
http://bahai-library.com/uhj/authenticity.texts.html >>
Brent
Thanks,
for the clarification Brent.
Albert
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Status of Promulgation
A point of clarification on this:
This idea is from a passage in Promulgation of Universal Peace. The talks
in that book are not authenticated, so we cannot be sure exactly what
Abdu'l Baha said. I wouldn't put too much weight on a statement from
non-authenticated texts.>>
The Guardian quotes a number of times from Promulgation in his letters and
in God Passes By. He does not regard it as unreliable. The House includes
quotes from Promulgation in any number of the compilations on various
subjects it has prepared.
In a letter written on behalf of the House on the authenticity of various
books, it is implied that some of the talks in Promulgation are not
authenticated and some are:
Regarding the status of Abdu'l-Baha's talks published in "The Promulgation
of Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", original Persian transcripts of
some, but not all, of the talks are available. We provide the following
extract from a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
which indicates that "in the future each talk will have to be identified
and those which are unauthenticated will have to be clearly distinguished
from those which form a part of Baha'i Scripture:
"The original of "Some Answered Questions" in Persian is preserved in the
Holy Land; its text was read in full and corrected by Abdu'l-Baha Himself.
Unfortunately, Abdu'l-Baha did not read and authenticate all transcripts of
His other talks, some of which have been translated into various languages
and published. For many of His addresses included in "The Promulgation of
Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", for example, no original authenticated
text has yet been found. However, the Guardian allowed such compilations to
continue to be used by the friends. In the future each talk will have to be
identified and those which are unauthenticated will have to be clearly
distinguished from those which form a part of Baha'i Scripture. This does
not mean that the unauthenticated talks will have to cease to be used --
merely that the degree of authenticity of every document will have to be
known and understood. (23 March 1987)"
Memo from the Research Department quoting a letter written on behalf of the
House
http://bahai-library.com/uhj/authenticity.texts.html >>
Brent
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