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SECTION EIGHT
ATTAINMENT TARGET TWO (AT 2)
The Acquisition of Knowledge and Understanding of the Laws, Teachings, History and Key Figures, Covenant and Administration, and Sacred Scriptures, of the Bahá’í Faith and other Divinely Revealed Religions.
This Attainment Target has six strands:
a) Laws
"That which is of paramount importance for the children, that which must precede all else, is to teach them the oneness of God and the Laws of God."
Bahá’u’lláh B.E. (1987) p3
"As to the children: We have directed that in the beginning they should be trained in the observances and laws of religion ..."
Bahá’u’lláh B.E. (1987) p6
b) Teachings
"The children who are trained in the world-embracing teachings of Bahá’u’lláh cannot but grow up to be a truly new race of men."
On behalf of Shoghi Effendi B.E. (1987) p58
c) History & Key Figures
" ... the instruction of boys and girls in the things of the spirit, the fundamentals of teaching the Faith, reading the Sacred Writings, learning the history of the Faith ..."
Shoghi Effendi B.E. (1987) p48
"...The Guardian feels you should give more importance to three subjects, the Covenant which unites the Bahá’ís and preserves the Faith from any division; the Administrative Order, the child of the covenant, and the Plans ...which are the first fruits of the Administrative Order."
On behalf of Shoghi Effendi L of G (1983) p432
e) Sacred Scriptures
"Teach unto your children the words that have been sent down from God, that they may recite them in the sweetest of tones."
Bahá’u’lláh B.E. (1987) p6
"The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh are read, and the Word of God recited for the children is indeed a blessed thing".
‘Abdu’l-Bahá B.E. (1987) p42
f) Other Divinely Revealed Religions
"There are also stories about the life of Christ, Muhammad and the other Prophets which if told to the children will break down any religious prejudice they may have learned from older people of little understanding.
Such stories regarding the life of different Prophets together with Their sayings will also be useful to better understand the literature of the Cause for there is constant reference to them."
On behalf of Shoghi Effendi B.E. (1987) p52
"The method of instruction which ye have established, beginning with proofs of the existence of God and the oneness of God, the mission of the Prophets and Messengers and Their teachings, and the wonders of the universe, is highly suitable."
‘Abdu’l-Bahá B.E. (1987) p30
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