Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Comprehensive Indices

House(s) of Justice

Kitáb-i-Aqdas 4

assures education of children, K48

authority of, 3, 5-6, 15, K42, 91-92, 95

charged with affairs of the people, 91

and consultation, See Consultation

legislates on marriage between relatives, Q50, 148, n133

Local, See Local House of Justice

matters of state to be referred to, 91

membership

composition, n80

number, K30, n50

referred to as Deputies, 15, K147, n56, n162

referred to as Trustees, 13, K30, 91, Q50, Q98, n51

National (Secondary), See National (Secondary) House of Justice

ordained in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 15, K30, 143, n49

powers and duties, n51, n100, n162

receives fines, see Fines

receives two-thirds of treasure trove, See Treasure, trove

term used non-specifically by Bahá’u’lláh, n42

treasury, See Treasury

Universal (International), See Universal (International) House of Justice

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh 26-27, 68, 69-70, 93, 125, 128-129, 130, 134

choose one language, 127. See also Language(s)

education of children, See Education

promote Lesser Peace, See Peace

shelter for poor, 128 See also Poor

Lights of Guidance 12, 117-153, 626

abstention in voting, 168, 584

attendance, 175, 176

authority, 16

by-election, 174

consultation, See Consultation

criticism, 285, 288, 290

defender, 10, 228

dissolution, 22, 23

duties of members, 167

elections, 25-51, 174

establishments, 7, 8

formation, 17-29, 91, 92

formation in prison, 25

future, 11

inactive believers, 295-297, 301

joint declaration, 18, 19, 21

jurisdiction, 15, 24

loyalty to government, 16

meetings, 154, 155, 159-161

minutes of, 110, 163

purpose of, 9

qualifications of members, 26, 27, 30

quality, 30

quorum, 166

relationship of believers to, 267, 582

residence, 20

resignation, 115, 170, 171-173, 177

sanctions, 155, 176, 178-181, 195-205

strengthening, 13

teaching, 14, 118, 156, 157

unity in, 587

voting, 169, 585, 586

voting lists, 293, 294, 296, 300, 302, 303

will of the majority, 158