October 3

The Universal House of Justice, beyond its function as the enactor of legislation, has been invested with the more general functions of protecting and administering the Cause, solving obscure questions and deciding upon matters that have caused difference.... 

- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter dated 7 December 1969, published in "Messages from the Universal House of Justice: 1968-1973"; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, The Covenant)