The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

Chaos impending, 32, 162, 170, 188

Chase (Thornton), 81

Chicago, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to, 6

first Bahá’í Assembly in America, 6, 8

House of Justice, first, 6, 83

1933 World Fair, 68

China, 17, 84, 181

Christ

Address to Jerusalem, 176

Bahá’u’lláh’s testimony to Divinity of, 106, 113, 116, 185

Faith of (see Christianity)

persecutors of, compared with persecutors of Bahá’u’lláh, 176

“return” of, 25, 104, 139

Spirit of God, 106

words of, 21, 26, 176

Christianity

appeared in East, 75

challenged by secularism and nationalism, 181, 182

cults, emergence of, 184

deterioration of institutions of, 20, 179-185

disintegration of, reflects condition of humanity, 184

established in West, 75

first two centuries, 56, 57, 74, 138, 156, 184, 185, 202

impotence of, 182, 184, 185

Jewish persecutors, downfall of, 176

missionaries, reports of, 181, 182

Missions, 181, 183

provisions for administration inadequate, 20, 21, 145, 152

purpose obscured by dogma, 138, 184

resistance to Faith of Bahá’u’lláh will hasten its downfall, 181, 184

schism inevitable, 11, 145, 146

spirit of, revived by Spirit of Bahá’u’lláh, 185

Succession, no provision for, 20, 21, 145

Tablets to, 104, 174

Citizenship, world, 37, 39, 41, 163

City-State, 43, 203

Civil Code promulgated, 10, 175

Civilization

Divine, 3, 16

epoch-making changes, 32, 33, 36, 45, 165, 191, 202

future (see World Order)

possible evils of, 24, 194

present age (see Present Age)

prophecy concerning, 109, 146, 162, 194

true, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s words, 37, 38

Collective security, Bahá’u’lláh’s principles of, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 47, 163, 191-193, 203

Commonwealth, World, 40, 41, 168, 193, 196, 203, 204, 205, 206

Communication, 38, 203

Communion, holy, 22, 153

Communism, 181, 182, 190

Community of Most Great Name, 18, 99, 194, 195

Conferences, Disarmament and Economic, 189, 190

Confession of sins, 22, 153

Confusion today (see Present Age)

Constantine, 57

Constaninople, 173, 176

Convention, first Bahá’í National, 84