It is true that should a believer read the writings of
Covenant-breakers or enemies of the Cause and permit these words to instill
doubts about the truth of Bahá'u'lláh's Cause such a believer would then be
considered as having been infected by the poison of Covenant-breaking. However,
since you returned the book to your local library upon being informed of the
true nature of its contents and told your District Teaching Committee and your
National Spiritual Assembly about the matter, it is clear that you took the
correct steps and should therefore, with complete confidence, turn to
Bahá'u'lláh for protection and guidance, fully assured that His promise to
assist those who turn to Him will be fulfilled.
(From a letter dated 29 March
1977 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual
believer; compilation: ‘Writings of the Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of
the Faith’, prepared by the Research department of the Universal House of
Justice)
