Spiritual Assembly

`Abdu'l-Bahá ordained Secondary, or National Spiritual Assemblies in his will. They are elected annually by a system of electoral delegation. He also specified that these National Spiritual Assemblies constituted the foundation of the Supreme, or Universal House of Justice. The members of each National Spiritual Assembly would constitute the electors of the Universal House of Justice when it was eventually brought into being. Some of the earliest National Spiritual Assemblies were The National Spiritual Assembly of the B ...

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• Bahá'í apologetics - Central Teachings
• Bahá'í apologetics - Issues discussed elsewhere
• Bahá'í apologetics - Issues without separate entries
• Bahá'í apologetics - Zionism

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• Bahá'í House of Worship - Description
• Bahá'í House of Worship - History
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Ashkhabad Turkmenistan
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Existing structures
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Wilmette Illinois USA
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Kampala Uganda
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Sydney Australia
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Langenhain Germany
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Panama City Panama
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Tiapapata Samoa
• Bahá'í House of Worship - New Delhi India
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Planned constructions
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Tehran Iran
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Santiago Chile
• Bahá'í House of Worship - Haifa Israel

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• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity - Biological Unity
• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity - Elimination of Prejudice
• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity - Political Unity
• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity - Spiritual Unity
• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity - Unity in diversity
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• Bahá'í calendar - History
• Bahá'í calendar - Bahá'í Months
• Bahá'í calendar - Bahá'í Holy Days
• Bahá'í calendar - Bahá'í week
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• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of religion - Unity of religion
• Bahá'í Faith and the unity of religion - Unity of the prophets

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• Bahá'í history - Summary
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• Bahá'í history - Shaykh Ahmad
• Bahá'í history - Siyyid Kazim
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of the Báb
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá
• Bahá'í history - The Guardianship
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of the Custodians
• Bahá'í history - Mason Remey
• Bahá'í history - The Universal House of Justice

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• Bahá'í timeline - 1795
• Bahá'í timeline - 1817
• Bahá'í timeline - 1819
• Bahá'í timeline - 1820
• Bahá'í timeline - 1826
• Bahá'í timeline - 1828
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Texts & Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith A seminal document, written in three stages by `Abdu'l-Bahá. Several sections were written under iminent threat of harm. This document constitutes one of the central and defining pieces of Bahá'í primary source literature, and is considered to be intimately connected to his father's Most Holy Book. Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Overview of the Wi ...

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• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Overview of the Will and Testament
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Timeline and circumstances of its writing
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Key provisions of the Will
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Bahá'í Fundamentals
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - The Covenant
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Hands of the Cause of God
• Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Challenges to the Will

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• Bahá'u'lláh - Early life
• Bahá'u'lláh - Background
• Bahá'u'lláh - Marriage and family
• Bahá'u'lláh - Bábí movement
• Bahá'u'lláh - Acceptance of the Báb
• Bahá'u'lláh - Attempt on the life of the Shah
• Bahá'u'lláh - Revelation in the Síyáh-Chál
• Bahá'u'lláh - Baghdad
• Bahá'u'lláh - Banishment from Iran
• Bahá'u'lláh - Kurdistan
• Bahá'u'lláh - Return to Baghdad
• Bahá'u'lláh - Declaration in the Garden of Ridvan
• Bahá'u'lláh - Imprisonment
• Bahá'u'lláh - Constantinople Istanbul
• Bahá'u'lláh - Adrianople Edirne
• Bahá'u'lláh - Akka Akko Acre
• Bahá'u'lláh - Final Years
• Bahá'u'lláh - Bahji
• Bahá'u'lláh - Succession
• Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh's Works
• Bahá'u'lláh - Photograph

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• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Bahá'í Faith and Comparative Theology
• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Judaism
• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Christianity
• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Islam
• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Hinduism
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• Bahá'í Faith and world religions - Bahá'í Faith and Religious Studies

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• Bahá'í marriage - Spiritual nature
• Bahá'í marriage - Engagement
• Bahá'í marriage - Ceremony
• Bahá'í marriage - Laws

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• Bahá'í statistics - Definition of membership
• Bahá'í statistics - Figures
• Bahá'í statistics - India
• Bahá'í statistics - Iran
• Bahá'í statistics - The United States
• Bahá'í statistics - Difficulties in Enumeration

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• Bahá'í laws - Application
• Bahá'í laws - Other Laws and Ordinances
• Bahá'í laws - Fasting
• Bahá'í laws - Dietary restrictions
• Bahá'í laws - Giving to funds
• Bahá'í laws - Marriage
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• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Purpose
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Type of education
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Moral and spiritual education
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - A Useful trade or profession
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Literacy
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Languages
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Other subjects
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Pedagogical issues
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Responsibility
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Environmental factors
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Bahá'í education in practice
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Ruhi sequence of courses
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Core curriculum
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Fundamental verities
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Social and economic development
• Bahá'í Faith and Education - Praise for teachers

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• Manifestation of God - Characteristics
• Manifestation of God - Definition
• Manifestation of God - Purpose
• Manifestation of God - Equality
• Manifestation of God - Religious Perennialism
• Manifestation of God - Minor Prophets
• Manifestation of God - Mirror Analogy
• Manifestation of God - Other Possible Divine Teachers
• Manifestation of God - Mexico
• Manifestation of God - Asia
• Manifestation of God - Joseph Smith

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• Bahá'í teachings - Overview
• Bahá'í teachings - Summary
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• Bahá'í teachings - Mystical Teachings
• Bahá'í teachings - Excerpts from the Bahá'í Writings
• Bahá'í teachings - Oneness of Mankind
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• Bahá'í teachings - Drugs
• Bahá'í teachings - Government

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• Bahá'í Faith - Relation to other religions
• Bahá'í Faith - Distinction
• Bahá'í Faith - Persecution
• Bahá'í Faith - The Covenant
• Bahá'í Faith - Demographics
• Bahá'í Faith - Teachings
• Bahá'í Faith - Summary
• Bahá'í Faith - Social principles
• Bahá'í Faith - Mystical teachings
• Bahá'í Faith - Study and worship
• Bahá'í Faith - History
• Bahá'í Faith - The Báb
• Bahá'í Faith - Bahá'u'lláh
• Bahá'í Faith - `Abdu'l-Bahá
• Bahá'í Faith - Bahá'í administration
• Bahá'í Faith - Current plans and focus
• Bahá'í Faith - Laws
• Bahá'í Faith - Places of worship
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• Bahá'í Faith - Involvement in society

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Siyyid Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) (October 20, 1819 - July 9, 1850), was a merchant from Shiraz, Persia, who at the age of 25, claimed to be a new and independent Manifestation of God, and the promised Qá'im, or Mihdi. After his declaration he took on the title of the Báb (باب), meaning "Gate" in Arabic, and 6 years later was shot by a firing squad in Tabriz. His titles include, among others, the "Herald ...

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• Báb - The Báb's Life
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• Báb - The Shaykhi Movement
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• Báb - Letters of the Living
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• Báb - Execution Order
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• Báb - Maulana
• Báb - Miller
• Báb - Successorship
• Báb - He Whom God Shall Make Manifest
• Báb - Will and Testament of the Báb
• Báb - Bahá'u'lláh's Claim
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• Báb - Results of Conflicting Claims
• Báb - Writings

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