…letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi "related
strictly to the Cause and interpretation of the teachings" constitute
authoritative Bahá'í text, while any personal advice which they may contain is
not binding. The Guardian's statement that he reviewed every letter written on
his behalf without exception makes it clear that the authority of the letters
was independent of whatever personal "sufferings" might have been
caused by certain secretaries, and that there was no "delegation"
whatsoever of his interpretative authority, but merely a use of secretarial
assistance for his huge burden of correspondence.
(Memorandum from the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice, dated 13 October 1994, attached
to a letter dated 22, October 1996 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer)
