The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 120
Bahá'u'lláh offered an analogy to explain the relationship between the different
Manifestations and the relationship between each Manifestation and God . In this
analogy , God is likened to the sun because he is the unique source of life in the
...
Bahá'u'lláh offered an analogy to explain the relationship between the different
Manifestations and the relationship between each Manifestation and God . In this
analogy , God is likened to the sun because he is the unique source of life in the
...
Page 121
The Manifestations are not simply great human thinkers , or philosophers , with a
greater understanding or knowledge than others . They are , by their very nature ,
superior to those who do not possess a similar capacity It has been noted that ...
The Manifestations are not simply great human thinkers , or philosophers , with a
greater understanding or knowledge than others . They are , by their very nature ,
superior to those who do not possess a similar capacity It has been noted that ...
Page 123
But the Manifestation remains on an ideal level beyond that which even the most
perfect man is capable of attaining . ... analogy , the souls of ordinary people may
also be likened to mirrors — but , unlike the Manifestations , they are imperfect .
But the Manifestation remains on an ideal level beyond that which even the most
perfect man is capable of attaining . ... analogy , the souls of ordinary people may
also be likened to mirrors — but , unlike the Manifestations , they are imperfect .
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| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Baha'i Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1931847061, 9781931847063 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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