Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá continue...
Unto the Most Holy Book every one must turn, and all that is not expressly recorded
therein must be referred to the Universal House of Justice.
That which this body, whether unanimously or by a majority
doth carry, that is verily the truth and the purpose of God
Himself. Whoso doth deviate therefrom is verily of them that
love discord, hath shown forth malice, and turned away from
the Lord of the Covenant. By this House is meant that Universal
House of Justice which is to be elected from all countries,
that is from those parts in the East and West where the loved
ones are to be found ....
It is incumbent upon these members (of the Universal House of Justice) to gather in a certain place and deliberate upon all problems which have caused difference, questions that are obscure and matters that are not expressly recorded in the Book. Whatsoever they decide has the same effect as the Text itself. Inasmuch as the House of Justice hath power to enact laws that are not expressly recorded in the Book and bear upon daily transactions, so also it hath power to repeal the same. Thus for example, the House of Justice enacteth today a certain law and enforceth it, and a hundred years hence, circumstances having profoundly changed and the conditions having altered, another House of Justice will then have power, according to the exigencies of the time, to alter that law. This it can do because these laws form no part of the divine explicit Text. The House of Justice is both the initiator and the abrogator of its own laws. And now, one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
Unto the Most Holy Book every one must turn, and all that is not expressly recorded
therein must be referred to the Universal House of Justice.
That which this body, whether unanimously or by a majority
doth carry, that is verily the truth and the purpose of God
Himself. Whoso doth deviate therefrom is verily of them that
love discord, hath shown forth malice, and turned away from
the Lord of the Covenant. By this House is meant that Universal
House of Justice which is to be elected from all countries,
that is from those parts in the East and West where the loved
ones are to be found ....It is incumbent upon these members (of the Universal House of Justice) to gather in a certain place and deliberate upon all problems which have caused difference, questions that are obscure and matters that are not expressly recorded in the Book. Whatsoever they decide has the same effect as the Text itself. Inasmuch as the House of Justice hath power to enact laws that are not expressly recorded in the Book and bear upon daily transactions, so also it hath power to repeal the same. Thus for example, the House of Justice enacteth today a certain law and enforceth it, and a hundred years hence, circumstances having profoundly changed and the conditions having altered, another House of Justice will then have power, according to the exigencies of the time, to alter that law. This it can do because these laws form no part of the divine explicit Text. The House of Justice is both the initiator and the abrogator of its own laws. And now, one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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