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Tag: "Charters of the Bahá'í Faith"

tag name Charters of the Bahá'í Faith type: Administration; Plans; BWC institutions
web link bahai-library.com/tags/Charters_of_the_Bahai_Faith
related tags - Plans; Bahá'í World Centre; Administrative Order
referring tags Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Tablets of the Divine Plan; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá
notes "... Shoghi Effendi explained that the revelation by Bahá’u’lláh of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas “preserves for posterity the basic laws and ordinances on which the fabric of His future World Order must rest. And he referred to “the triple impulse generated through the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel by Bahá’u’lláh and the Will and Testament as well as the Tablets of the Divine Plan bequeathed by the Center of His Covenant—the three Charters which have set in motion three distinct processes, the first operating in the Holy Land for the development of the institutions of the Faith at its World Center and the other two, throughout the rest of the Bahá’í world, for its propagation and the establishment of its Administrative Order.” These three processes, although distinct, are closely interrelated..." – Universal House of Justice, letter dated 4 January 1994, to all National Spiritual Assemblies

"... the promulgation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. ... whose provisions must remain inviolate for no less than a thousand years, and whose system will embrace the entire planet, may well be regarded as the brightest emanation of the mind of Bahá’u’lláh, as the Mother Book of His Dispensation, and the Charter of His New World Order... this Charter of the future world civilization..." – Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 213

"... the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, the Charter of the World Spiritual and Administrative Centers of the Faith on that mountain..." – Shoghi Effendi, letter dated April 1954, in: Messages to the Bahá’í World 1950-1957, p. 63

"... The Charter which called into being, outlined the features and set in motion the processes of, this Administrative Order is none other than the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, His greatest legacy to posterity, the brightest emanation of His mind and the mightiest instrument forged to insure the continuity of the three ages which constitute the component parts of His Father’s Dispensation..." "...The Document establishing that Order, the Charter of a future world civilization, which may be regarded in some of its features as supplementary to no less weighty a Book than the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; signed and sealed by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá; entirely written with His own hand..." – Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 325-328

"... The creative energies released by the Law of Bahá’u’lláh, permeating and evolving within the mind of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, have, by their very impact and close interaction, given birth to an Instrument which may be viewed as the Charter of the New World Order which is at once the glory and the promise of this most great Dispensation. The Will may thus be acclaimed as the inevitable offspring resulting from that mystic intercourse between Him Who communicated the generating influence of His divine Purpose and the One Who was its vehicle and chosen recipient. Being the Child of the Covenant—the Heir of both the Originator and the Interpreter of the Law of God—the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá can no more be divorced from Him Who supplied the original and motivating impulse than from the One Who ultimately conceived it..." – Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh: The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 144

"... the Tablets of the Divine Plan... may be designated as the Charter of the Plan with which He was to entrust them in the evening of His life..." – Shoghi Effendi, letter dated 15 June 1946, This Decisive Hour, p. 117

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"Charters of the Bahá'í Faith" has been tagged in:

7 results from the Main Catalog

3 results from the Chronology

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  1. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard... UHJ-letters.
  2. 2017. Themes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of The Divine Plan Illustrated by Scriptural References to the Bible and the Qur'án. Lameh Fananapazir. — The Tablets of the Divine Plan, as well as Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament and the Tablet of Carmel... Articles.
  3. 1999. Tablet of [Mount] Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Peter Terry, Ted Brownstein, Stephen Lambden. Study.
  4. 1993. Tablets of the Divine Plan. Abdu'l-Bahá. — 14 letters written by ʻAbdu'l-Baha to Bahaʼis in the United States and Canada between March 1916 a... Writings.
  5. 1992 [1905-1907]. Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — 'Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament consists of three parts - all three written in His own hand. The ... Writings.
  6. 1972/1999/2009. Trustees of the Merciful: An Introduction to Bahá'í Administration. Adib Taherzadeh. — The spirit that animates the Administrative Order of Baha’u’llah; spiritual attitudes that chara... Books.
  7. 1936. America's Spiritual Mission: Teaching Tablets Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the American Bahá'ís during 1916 and 1917. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Early version of Tablets of the Divine Plan, Writings on the goal of establishing the Baha'i Faith t... Writings.

from the Chronology (3 results; expand)

  1. 1891-06-27 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for the fourth time. [BKG374; DH109; GPB194; RB4:351] He stayed three m...
  2. 1901-08-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124–5, 484; BBD236] I...
  3. 1919-04-26 — The 14 Tablets of the Divine Plan were unveiled in a dramatic ceremony at the Hotel McAlpin in New
 
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