Susan, I wrote: >>>> Shoghi Effendi said that the Qur'an is an "absolutely authenticated >>>> repository of the Word of God," whereas it is only those portions of the >>>> Gospels referenced in the Baha'i scriptures which are authenticated.<<<<
You replied: >>I don't recall him saying that only those portions of the Gospel's referred >>to in the Writings were authenticated. Could you show us the quote? It >>doesn't make much sense given the sweeping endorsement given to the Gospels >>in the Iqan.<< Here is what I posted a few days ago: "...we cannot be sure how much or how little of the four Gospels are accurate and include the words of Christ and His undiluted teachings, all we can be sure of, as Baha'is, is that what has been quoted by Baha'u'llah and the Master must be absolutely authentic. As many times passages in the Gospel of St. John are quoted we may assume that it is his Gospel and much of it accurate." -- From a letter dated January 23, 1944 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer In other words, for the Gospels (at least), we can only be sure that the passages quoted by Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha are authentic. As I suggested before, the Guardian is obviously referring to "authentic" according to the Baha'i Faith, not to any kind of source criticism. Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net ... [a] word is ... a universal. - William of Ockham Structurization Tech: http://tech.structurization.com The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
