p. 24.

_ 117 Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas,_ _op.
cit._, pp. 66-67.

118 Shoghi Effendi, _The Advent of Divine Justice_, _op. cit._, p. 27.

_ 119 The Establishment of the Universal House of Justice_, compiled by
the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (Oakham:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1984), p. 17.

120 Universal House of Justice_, Messages from the Universal House of
Justice, 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age_, _op.
cit._, p. 52.

_ 121 ibid._, p. 104.

_ 122 Baha'i News_, no. 73, May 1933 (Wilmette: National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States), p. 7.

123 The Institute was created by the Universal House of Justice in 1998
as an agency of the Baha'i International Community, reporting to the
House of Justice through the Office of Public Information. Its
mandate describes it as an agency "dedicated to researching both the
spiritual and material underpinnings of human knowledge and the
processes of social advancement."

124 The Centre's purpose is described as undertaking "research in a
systematic manner on the Baha'i Faith, including its religious
culture, humanitarian spirit and religious ethics."

125 Cited in _Star of the West_, vol. 13, no. 7 (October 1922), pp.
184-186.

126 'Abdu'l-Baha, _Tablets of the Divine Plan_, _op. cit._, p. 54.

127 Beginning in approximately 1904, a learned Iranian believer known as
Sadru's-Sudur established the first teacher-training class for
Baha'i youth in Tehran with 'Abdu'l-Baha's encouragement. The
classes met daily, and the graduates, who had been trained in the
beliefs of other religions as well as various aspects of the Baha'i
Faith, contributed greatly to the expansion and consolidation of the
Cause in their native land.

128 The model in question is the "Ruhi Institute", whose materials and
methods have been adopted by many Baha'i communities throughout the
world. Its guiding philosophy is an integration of service
activities with focused study of the Baha'i Writings themselves.
Organized as a series of levels of study, which form a central
"trunk" of basic understanding of the spiritual essentials taught by
Baha'u'llah, the system allows for the almost infinite development
by various user communities of br