We have already pointed out to the friends on several
occasions that the application of Bahá'í laws, the elucidation and extension of
basic administrative principles, and the all-important function of legislating
on matters not explicitly recorded in our teachings are dependent upon a
careful study by the Universal House of Justice of the revealed and pertinent
words of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, as well as the illuminating
interpretations and directions of Shoghi Effendi.
- The Universal House of
Justice (From a message dated December 1967 sent to all National Spiritual
Assemblies; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
