The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionHarper & Row, 1990 - 228 pages This is a study of the history, teachings, administrative structure and community life of the Baha'i faith, the youngest and fastest growing of the world's independent religions. |
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Page 119
... Holy manifestations , though they have the degrees of end- less perfections , yet , speaking generally , have only three stations . The first station is the physical ; the second station is the human , which is that of the rational soul ...
... Holy manifestations , though they have the degrees of end- less perfections , yet , speaking generally , have only three stations . The first station is the physical ; the second station is the human , which is that of the rational soul ...
Page 120
... holy reality is luminous in Himself . 29 The Manifestation then , is not simply an ordinary person whom God chooses at some point in his natural lifetime to be his messen- ger . Rather , the Manifestation is a special being , having a ...
... holy reality is luminous in Himself . 29 The Manifestation then , is not simply an ordinary person whom God chooses at some point in his natural lifetime to be his messen- ger . Rather , the Manifestation is a special being , having a ...
Page 151
... holy writings , but also from the scrip- tures of other revealed religions . The second portion is 11 The ... holy days throughout the year , on some of which work is suspended . Many of these holy days comemmorate cardinal events in the ...
... holy writings , but also from the scrip- tures of other revealed religions . The second portion is 11 The ... holy days throughout the year , on some of which work is suspended . Many of these holy days comemmorate cardinal events in the ...
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