Bahá’í Community Life/Notes
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1. The Universal House of Justice, The Five Year Plan: Messages from The Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World and of the United States, Naw-Rúz 1974, Announcing the Objectives of the Third Global Teaching Campaign (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974), p. 7.
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, 3 vols. (New York: Bahai Publishing Society, 1909-1916), II, 468.
3. Ibid.
4. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, comp., The Bahá’í World: A Biennial International Record (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1956), XII, 298.
5. Bahá’u’lláh, in Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of the Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1970), p. 117.
6. Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, trans. Shoghi Effendi, rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1954), p. 4.
7. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks: Addresses Given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911-1912 (London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1969), p. 180.
8. The Universal House of Justice, Wellspring of Guidance: Messages, 1963-1968 (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1969), p. 39.
9. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, trans. Shoghi Effendi, rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1952), p. 278.
10. Ibid., p. 136.
11. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, 3d rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1969), p. 21.
12. Shoghi Effendi, Bahá’í Administration, 6th ed., rev. and enl. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1968), pp. 41-42.
13. The Universal House of Justice, comp., The Bahá’í World: An International Record (n. p., 1970), XIII, 750.
14. The Universal House of Justice, Wellspring of Guidance, p. 114.
15. Ibid.
16. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings, p. 277.
17. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Discourses by Abdul Baha During His Visit to the United States in 1912, [rev. ed.] in 1 vol. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahai Publishing Committee, 1943), pp. 50-51.
18. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, Advent of Divine Justice, p. 21.
19. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, quoted in J. E. Esslemont, Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, 3d rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1970), p. 79.
20. Ibid., p. 147.
21. Ibid.
22. The Universal House of Justice, The Five Year Plan, p. 7.