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On 12 Jan 2009 at 17:26, Don Calkins wrote:
> And you really believe that tho' Shoghi Effendi translated the phrase
> as "this century", what Abdu'l-Baha really meant was "this age/era"?
I not only think it, I can document it. I'm going to do that in my
next blog, God willing. Here's a sampler:
The Spiritual Assemblies to be established in this Age of God, this
holy century, have, it is indisputable, had neither peer nor
likeness in the cycles gone before. (Selections from the writings of
'Abdu'l-Baha, page 82)
The teachings of Baha'u'llah are the light of this age and the spirit
of this century. (Selections from the writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, page
107)
In every century a particular and central theme is, in accordance
with the requirements of that century, confirmed by God. In this
illumined age that which is confirmed is the oneness of the world of
humanity. Every soul who serveth this oneness will undoubtedly be
assisted and confirmed. (Selections from the writings of
'Abdu'l-Baha, page 114)
in any of the past cycles and dispensations, no assemblies for women
have ever been established ... This is one of the characteristics of
this glorious Dispensation and this great century. Ye should, most
certainly, strive to perfect this assemblage and increase your
knowledge of the realities of heavenly mysteries, so that, God
willing, in a short time, women will become the same as men; (Women,
page 397)
"Peerless is this Day," Bahs'u'lla insists, "for it is as the eye to
past ages and centuries, and as a light unto the darkness of the
times."
Sen
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