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 108
... nature , we can be taken over and dominated by physical passions . We can become slaves to one or another of our appetites and thereby lose much of our capacity to act in accor- dance with our spiritual nature . For example , a man who ...
... nature , we can be taken over and dominated by physical passions . We can become slaves to one or another of our appetites and thereby lose much of our capacity to act in accor- dance with our spiritual nature . For example , a man who ...
Page 111
... nature and gener- ate within ourselves new appetites incapable of genuine satisfac- tion : capacity is of two kinds : natural capacity and acquired capacity . The 17 Bahá'u'lláh explained that references to Satan in the Scriptures of ...
... nature and gener- ate within ourselves new appetites incapable of genuine satisfac- tion : capacity is of two kinds : natural capacity and acquired capacity . The 17 Bahá'u'lláh explained that references to Satan in the Scriptures of ...
Page 119
... natures , but in addi- tion they possess a third nature unique to their station : the capacity to receive divine revelation and to transmit it infallibly to humanity . Know that the Holy manifestations , though they have the degrees of ...
... natures , but in addi- tion they possess a third nature unique to their station : the capacity to receive divine revelation and to transmit it infallibly to humanity . Know that the Holy manifestations , though they have the degrees of ...
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