The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionThis 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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The first two of these Sunni dynasties , the Umayyads and the Abbasids , saw the
Imams as a challenge to their own legitimacy . Consequently , according to Shiah
accounts , one Imam after another was put to death , beginning with Hasan ...
The first two of these Sunni dynasties , the Umayyads and the Abbasids , saw the
Imams as a challenge to their own legitimacy . Consequently , according to Shiah
accounts , one Imam after another was put to death , beginning with Hasan ...
Page 119
The spirit of man has a beginning , but it has no end ; it continues eternally . . . .
The third station is that of the divine appearance and heavenly splendor : it is the
Word of God , the Eternal Bounty , the Holy Spirit . It has neither beginning nor ...
The spirit of man has a beginning , but it has no end ; it continues eternally . . . .
The third station is that of the divine appearance and heavenly splendor : it is the
Word of God , the Eternal Bounty , the Holy Spirit . It has neither beginning nor ...
Page 120
Even though the individual soul of the Manifestation had a phenomenal
beginning , it nevertheless existed in the spiritual world prior to physical birth in
this life . The immortal souls of ordinary men , on the other hand , have no such ...
Even though the individual soul of the Manifestation had a phenomenal
beginning , it nevertheless existed in the spiritual world prior to physical birth in
this life . The immortal souls of ordinary men , on the other hand , have no such ...
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Contents
The Islamic Background | 1 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1989 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2009 |
| ISBN | 0060637935, 9780060637934 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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