The Hands of the Cause Turned Bahá'u'lláh's Kingdom into an Oligarchy

 

“He who is the Monarch of all names is come invested with manifest and transcendent sovereignty, having on his right hand the Kingdom of God and in his left all the power and glory of His everlasting dominion.” Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings, pp. 258-259.

“The Prophets of God one and all, Christ Himself, as well as the Blessed Beauty (Bahá’u’lláh), have all appeared and raised the call with the one purpose of transforming the world of man into the Kingdom of God.” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.  The Bahá’í World, Vol. 2, p. 50.

“Every foreign land is a fatherland, and every fatherland is a foreign land.  For their citizenship, it must be remembered, is in the Kingdom of Bahá’u’lláh.” Shoghi Effendi. Guidance for Today and Tomorrow, p. 246.

“The ideals of the Kingdom can only become fruitful within the framework of the Bahá’í  community.” Esslemont. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era, p. 185.

“The principle of successorship, endowed with the right of Divine interpretation, is the very hub of the Cause into which its Doctrine and Laws fit like the spoke of a wheel – tear out the hub and you have to throw away the whole thing.” [Re: the Institution of the Guardianship] Ruhiyyih Khanum.  25 years Guardianship, p. 23.

 

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