The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi Susan,
> the Guardian made it quite clear that the Hands > did not have the right to reject a Guardian's choice I think I have read this in Pilgrim notes. Do we have this from the Guardian in writing? Thanks so much, --- Vaughn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Maneck Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:10 AM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Sects The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Although I think it is clear that the Will and Testament of the Master > outwardly (legally) endowed the Hands with the authority to withhold their > assent from the Guardian's choice, I think rejecting the Guardian's > selection while the Guardian was standing before them would have been > completely unthinkable for a majority of the Hands, Dear Vaughn, The vote was supposed to be done in secret so one could not tell who voted for or against the successor, but the Guardian made it quite clear that the Hands did not have the right to reject a Guardian's choice. The purpose of the vote then, was to confirm that a choice had indeed been made, not to approve of his choice. That might infer that the Guardian would have no longer been able to speak for himself. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ 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] Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ 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] Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
