Re: Separation of church and state

2007-08-06 Thread Susan Maneck
> The AO has two parts: the Guardianship and the House of Justice. The > Covenant has specified a limited role for the House of Justice, which > does not include providing authoritative interpretations of the Bahai > teachings and writings. Sen, As you well know the House of Justice does have the

Re: Separation of church and state

2007-08-06 Thread Sen & Sonja
> Sen: Please do not take offense, but do you believe the ideas you are > expressing are acceptable to the current Baha'i Administrative Order? > In other words, do you think it is acceptable (permissible) for a > Baha'i to express such views, even when only quoting the Writings? The AO has two pa

Re: Separation of church and state

2007-08-06 Thread Sen & Sonja
> "the sphere of training (siyaasii) requires two supreme righteous > forces (do qoveh)." > ... does the root for qoveh, quvvih refer to th force of a cannon, or > the "faculty" of reason, etc...??? Abdu'l-Baha first divides perfections into two kinds, innate and acquired, and then says that the

Re: Catholic questions

2007-08-06 Thread Rich Ater
Susan Maneck wrote: In many countries Catholic priests were marrying up to about 1000 AD. I Dear Rich, They still do marry in Lebanon. warmest, Susan Susan, Also in the Ctholic Uniate Church in Ukrania. These churches, both the Lebanese Marionite, the Catholic Uniate, and