The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British IslesShoghi, Effendi
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The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles
Shoghi, Effendi
Bahai Faith -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources; Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957 -- Correspondence
The hour is now ripe for these communities, whether new or old, local or
national, already functioning on the northern, the western and the
southern fringes of that continent, as well as those situated in its very
heart, to initiate befittingly and prosecute energetically the European
Campaign of a global Crusade which will not only contribute, to an
unprecedented degree, to the broadening and the consolidation of the
foundations of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh on the continent of Europe, but
will also diffuse its light over the neighbouring islands, and will, God
willing, carry its radiance to the eastern territories of that continent,
and beyond them as far as the heart of Asia.
The privileged prosecutors of so revolutionising, so gigantic, so sacred
and beneficent a campaign are, on the morrow of its launching, and at such
a crucial hour in the destinies of the European continent, summoned to
undertake: First, the formation, under the aegis of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, of one National Spiritual
Assembly in each of the Scandinavian and Benelux countries, and those of
the Iberian Peninsula, and one in Finland, as well as the establishment,
in collaboration with the Paris Spiritual Assembly, of the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of France, the establishment under the
aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and
Austria, of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Austria, and
the establishment, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá’ís of the United States, and in association with the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Italy and Switzerland, of independent
National Spiritual Assemblies in Italy and Switzerland. Second, the
construction of the first Ma_sh_riqu’l-A_dh_kár of Europe in the city of
Frankfurt, the heart of Germany, which occupies such a central position in
the continent of Europe. Third, the purchase of land for the future
construction of two Ma_sh_riqu’l-A_dh_kárs, one in the north in the city
of Stockholm, and one in the south in the city of Rome, the seat and
stronghold of the most powerful Church in Christendom. Fourth, the opening
of the following thirty virgin territories and islands: Albania, Crete,
Estonia, Finno-Karelia, Frisian Islands, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldavia, Rumania, White Russia, assigned to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria; Channel Islands, Cyprus,
Faroe Islands, Hebrides Islands, Malta, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands,
assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British
Isles; Andorra, Azores, Balearic Islands, Lofoten Islands, Spitzbergen,
Ukraine, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the
United States of America; Liechtenstein, Monaco, Rhodes, San Marino,
Sardinia, Sicily, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahá’ís of Italy and Switzerland. Fifth, the translation and publication
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