When 'Abdu'l-Bahá states we believe what is in the Bible, He means in substance. Not that we believe every word of it to be taken literally or that every word is the authentic saying of the Prophet. (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi dated 11 February 1944 to an individual believer; compilation ‘The Bible: Extracts on the Old and New Testaments’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
