_ 119 The Establishment of the Universal House of Justice_, compiled by
the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (Oakham:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1984), p. 17.
120 Universal House of Justice_, Messages from the Universal House of
Justice, 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age_, _op.
cit._, p. 52.
_ 121 ibid._, p. 104.
_ 122 Baha'i News_, no. 73, May 1933 (Wilmette: National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States), p. 7.
123 The Institute was created by the Universal House of Justice in 1998
as an agency of the Baha'i International Community, reporting to the
House of Justice through the Office of Public Information. Its
mandate describes it as an agency "dedicated to researching both the
spiritual and material underpinnings of human knowledge and the
processes of social advancement."
124 The Centre's purpose is described as undertaking "research in a
systematic manner on the Baha'i Faith, including its religious
culture, humanitarian spirit and religious ethics."
125 Cited in _Star of the West_, vol. 13, no. 7 (October 1922), pp.
184-186.