Concerning the relationship of St. Peter and St. Paul, the
Research Department has found nothing in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh,
‘Abdu’l-Bahá or the Guardian which states that St. Paul “usurped the station of
Peter” or that he “completely changed the basic message of Christ.”
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated 25 November 1980, written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer; included in a Memorandum from the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice dated 22 February 1998)
