Disciples of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Shoghi Effendi, head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century, designated nineteen Western Baháʼís as Disciples of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and 'Heralds of the Covenant':[1]
- Dr. John E. Esslemont
- Thornton Chase
- Howard MacNutt
- Sarah Farmer (see Green Acre Baháʼí School)
- Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney
- Lillian Kappes
- Robert Turner
- Arthur Brauns[2]
- Lua Getsinger
- Joseph Hannen
- Chester I. Thatcher
- Charles Greenleaf
- Mrs. J. D. Brittingham
- Mrs. Thornburgh
- Helen S. Goodall
- Arthur P. Dodge
- William H. Hoar
- Dr. J. G. Augur
- William Randall (see Green Acre Baháʼí School)
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In volumes of the Baháʼí World published in 1930 and 1933, a list of the Disciples, prepared by Shoghi Effendi, together with their photographs, has been published. No other statements about them has been found in Shoghi Effendi's writings.[3]
References
- Smith, Peter (2000). "Disciples of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá". A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. p. 122. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- Troxel, Duane K. "Apostles and Disciples Charts". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- Troxel, Duane K. (2009). "Augur, George Jacob (1853-1927)". Baháʼí Encyclopedia Project. Evanston, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States.
- The Baháʼí World, vol. 3: 1928–30. New York: Baháʼí Publishing Committee, 1930. pp. 84–85.
- The Baháʼí World, vol. 4. New York: Baháʼí Publishing Committee, 1933. pp. 118–19.
- Stockman, Robert H. (2009). "Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury (1849-1915)". Baháʼí Encyclopedia Project. Evanston, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States.
External links
- The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons by Isabella D. Brittingham at LibriVox
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