Are you aware that
the meaning of faithfulness to the Covenant changed after the death of
Shoghi Effendi? In the ministries of `Abdu’l-Bahá and the first
Guardian, firmness in the Covenant meant turning to the Master and to
the Guardian of the Cause. After 1957, the Haifa organization changed
the meaning of firmness in the Covenant to mean obedience to the Hands
of the Faith and then to the institution they established and called the
Universal House of Justice. However, the House of Justice set up by the
Hands is not the organ of the Faith that `Abdu’l-Bahá has described in
His Will. `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Will – the Charter of the New World Order,
which, according to Shoghi Effendi, forms, with the Kitab-i-Aqdas,
"two inseparable parts of one complete unit"– calls for the
Guardian of the Cause to be the "sacred head and distinguished
member for life of that body." How, then, can you who are followers
of the Haifa organization maintain that you are able to assure continued
divine guidance and can achieve true unity when, despite the statement
in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Will that says "The mighty
stronghold shall remain impregnable and safe through obedience to him
who is the guardian of the Cause of God", your organization has
disavowed the continuing Guardianship of the
Faith?
For more information:
Mother Bahá’í Council of the United States, PO Box 1169, Roswell, NM
88202-1169. E-mail:obfusa@rt66.com –or–
http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/council.htm