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Title: Century of Light

Author: Baha'i International Community

Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook #19267]

Language: English

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Century of Light

by Baha'i International Community

Edition 1, (September 2006)

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CONTENTS

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FOREWORD
CENTURY OF LIGHT
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FOREWORD

The conclusion of the twentieth century provides Baha'is with a unique
vantage point. During the past hundred years our world underwent changes
far more profound than any in its preceding history, changes that are, for
the most part, little understood by the present generation. These same
hundred years saw the Baha'i Cause emerge from obscurity, demonstrating on
a global scale the unifying power with which its Divin