The March of the Institutions
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Contents[edit]
- Foreword by Dr Jane Faily
- Introduction
- I ‘With Neither Peer nor Likeness’
- The Spiritual Assembly — A Divine Institution
- The Essential Priorities of a Spiritual Assembly
- The Prime Requisites
- Understanding the Bahá’í Electoral Process
- The Gift of God Within each Community
- 2 The Birth of a World Community
- ‘The Bahá’ís of the World’
- A Year of Decision
- Auxiliary Boards Appointed as Deputies of Hands of the Cause
- Reorientation in Respect to Funds
- The Working of Three Divine Charters
- 3 The Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God
- The Institution of the Hands of the Cause Enters a New Phase
- The Hands of the Cause named Chief Stewards
- ‘The Unerring Pen’
- The March of the Institutions
- The Root of Belief
- Their Shining Hour
- 4 The Meaning of Covenant-breaking
- The Center of the Covenant
- The Substance of Covenant-breaking
- The First Principle to Grasp
- The Second Principle
- What Covenant-breaking Is Not
- Enemies of the Cause of God
- 5 The Unassailable Foundation
- A New Epoch Unfolds in the Formative Age
- The Indestructible Covenant
- A New Epoch in the Divine Plan
- 6 The Formation of Continental Boards of Counselors
- The Extension of Functions of Hands of the Cause into the Future
- An Institution is Born
- Developing the Art of Collaboration
- Lines of Authority and Interaction
- Administrative Counseling
- Assemblies Set Goals and Plans
- Distinctive Features of the Two Institutions
- The Role of Love and the Institutions
- Evolution of the Institution of the Counselors
- 7 The International Teaching Center is Formed
- The Divine Mystery of God’s Holy Mountain
- The Crowning Institution of the Learned
- Major Steps in the Evolution of the International Teaching Center
- 8 Permeating the Grass Roots: The Auxiliary Boards and their Assistants
- What Does an Auxiliary Board Member Do?
- The Grass Roots of the Community
- What Auxiliary Board Members Do Not Do
- Expansion of the Institution of the Auxiliary Board
- Two Boards with Distinct but Complementary Functions
- Watching Over the Security of the Faith
- Standard-Bearers of the Teachers of the Faith
- The Auxiliary Board — A Volunteer Service
- The Individual Bahá’í — Seizing the Initiative
- 9 The Interdependence of Rulers and Learned — A Summing Up
- Spiritual Health and Assurance
- A New and Unique Concept
- Fulfillers of the Dream
- Appendix
- Hands of the Cause of God appointed by Shoghi Effendi, 1951 to 1957
- The first thirty-six Auxiliary Board members, 1954
- Members of the first Universal House of Justice, 1963
- The first twelve National Spiritual Assemblies formed from 1923 to 1953
- The first Continental Boards of Counselors, 1968
- References
- Books for Further Reading
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