2005 (In the year)
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The publication of One Common Faith by the Universal House of Justice.
"The statement 'One Common Faith', prepared under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, addresses the following fundamental question of the modern world: On one hand the facts of history show clearly that revealed (prophetic) religion has been the primary driving force of the rise of human civilization. On the other hand, the current forms of the respective communities derived from these same religions have now become one of the most divisive and destructive forces of the twenty-first century. How could such a thing have occurred?"
[Précis Commentary on 'One Common Faith' by William S. Hatcher]
Unlike the pamphlet written by George Townshend to all Christians under the title "The Old Churches and the New World Faith" in 1949 or the letter to the clergy in 2002, this statement is for "the thoughtful study of the friends". [One Common Faith p.iii-iv]
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One Common Faith (commentary); Interfaith dialogue; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; Unity of religion; - Bahá'í World Centre |
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