>>I'd be interested to know where he got the idea that the Guardian was arranging >>these categories from easiest to most difficult.>>
I assume that is his own view, based on his own experiences. Given that this is the view of a man who lived through the Nazi persecution of the Baha'i community, it tells volumes about how hard he finds administrative service in the Faith, and how much he puts into it. >>As to saint, I have no problem assigning this station to Bahiyyih Khanum. But >>beyond that, I think all others are speculative. (I don't think it is appropriate to >>assign Abdu'l-Baha or Shoghi Effendi to this station, as they are each in a category >>of their own.)>> Rank is an interesting thing. When writing of the burial of Navvab, the Purest Branch and Bahiyyih Khanum in the Monument Gardens, Shoghi Effendi wrote of "...these three incomparably precious souls who, next to the three Central Figures of our Faith, tower in rank above the vast multitude of the heroes, Letters, martyrs, Hands, teachers and administrators of the Cause of Baha'u'llah..." (Messages to America 1932-1946, pp. 32-33) Brent __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
