The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionBaha'i Publishing, 2002 - 253 pages Explore 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 40
... letters which rank among the most remarkable documents in religious history . They were addressed collectively to the " Kings of the earth " and individually to specific monarchs . In them he declared himself to be the One promised in ...
... letters which rank among the most remarkable documents in religious history . They were addressed collectively to the " Kings of the earth " and individually to specific monarchs . In them he declared himself to be the One promised in ...
Page 44
... letters to the kings and rulers which had been interrupted by his departure from Adrianople . Individual letters were addressed to Em- peror Louis Napoleon , Queen Victoria , Kaiser Wilhelm I , Tsar Alex- ander II , Náşiri'd - Dín Sháh ...
... letters to the kings and rulers which had been interrupted by his departure from Adrianople . Individual letters were addressed to Em- peror Louis Napoleon , Queen Victoria , Kaiser Wilhelm I , Tsar Alex- ander II , Náşiri'd - Dín Sháh ...
Page 45
... letters received any significant response from those to whom they were addressed . Among the few recorded reactions was that of Queen Victoria , who is reported to have said merely : " If this is of God it will endure ; if not , it can ...
... letters received any significant response from those to whom they were addressed . Among the few recorded reactions was that of Queen Victoria , who is reported to have said merely : " If this is of God it will endure ; if not , it can ...
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