Directives From the Guardian
45 COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun)
"...Bahá'u'lláh and the Master in many places and very emphatically
have told us to shun entirely all Covenant breakers
as they are afflicted with what we might try and define as a
contagious spiritual disease; they have also told us, however,
to pray for them. These souls are not lost forever. In the
Aqdas, Bahá'u'lláh says that God will forgive Mírzá Yahyá if
he repents. It follows, therefore, that God will forgive any soul
if he repents. Most of them don't want to repent, unfortunately.
If the leaders can be forgiven it goes without saying that their
followers can also be forgiven...
"Also, it has nothing to do with unity in the Cause; if a
man cuts a cancer out of his body to preserve his health and
very life, no one would suggest that for the sake of unity it
should be reintroduced into the otherwise healthy organism.
On the contrary, what was once a part of him has so radically
changed as to have become a poison."
Directives From the Guardian
pages 16-17
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