"...they hastily tragically concluded that the Guardianship of the Cause of God had come to a premature end only 36 years after the inception of the Administrative Order in November, 1921 upon the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. They then took it upon themselves to appoint an illegitimate body from their number comprised of nine Hands, to which they gave the title: "Custodians of the Bahá'í World Faith" and to which they incredulously assigned the rights and functions of the Guardianship. This now illicitly formed supreme body remained unaware and ignorant of the continuing Guardianship, as well, and stubbornly refused, despite the many insistent appeals, as subsequently reported by one of its members who had made them, to reconsider the tragic conclusion and decision reached by the Hands in their first conclave that the Guardianship had come to an end. This body, with its seat in Haifa reigned over the Faith for some six years until its demise and replacement with the so-called Universal House of Justice, elected during Ridván,1963. This equally illicitly formed body and its successor elected bodies have also stubbornly refused to examine the facts, that have been presented by the believers under the Guardianship, that were obviously overlooked by the Hands, immediately following the passing of Shoghi Effendi, which undeniably provide evidence that he faithfully and unquestionably insured the continuation of the Guardianship. In turn, this body has influenced the great mass of believers to avoid any contact with those believers who have accepted the living Guardian of the Faith or to read any of the material they have published, using the diabolic argument that in doing so they would be consorting with those believers whom they have labeled, under their distorted interpretation, as Covenant-breakers, although these believers, unlike themselves, continue to faithfully adhere to every clause of the sacred and immutable provisions of the divinely-conceived Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Joel B. Marangella
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