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Page 66
Each locality with nine or more adult believers was encouraged to elect a “ Local
Spiritual Assembly ” to govern the affairs of ... communications urged all believers
to give their wholehearted support and obedience to the bodies they elected .
Each locality with nine or more adult believers was encouraged to elect a “ Local
Spiritual Assembly ” to govern the affairs of ... communications urged all believers
to give their wholehearted support and obedience to the bodies they elected .
Page 71
In a remarkable gesture of renunciation , the Hands of the Cause disqualified
themselves from serving as elected members ... For Bahá ' ís , the election of the
first Universal House of Justice represented an event of transcendent importance
.
In a remarkable gesture of renunciation , the Hands of the Cause disqualified
themselves from serving as elected members ... For Bahá ' ís , the election of the
first Universal House of Justice represented an event of transcendent importance
.
Page 146
After the votes are counted , those nine individuals having the greatest number of
votes are declared to be elected . ... freedom of choice to each elector and
avoiding the power - seeking behavior inherent in many other forms of election .
After the votes are counted , those nine individuals having the greatest number of
votes are declared to be elected . ... freedom of choice to each elector and
avoiding the power - seeking behavior inherent in many other forms of election .
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Contents
The Islamic Background | 1 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion Reading rainbow book |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Stevenson, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0060654414, 9780060654412 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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