If you study the Bahá’í teachings deeply you will see that
the laws of the Aqdas, as they will be applied in future, are really the
protective framework of the New World Order, and have nothing to do with the
ecclesiastical practices of the past.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 7 April 1947,
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘Messages to
Canada’)