Connecticut
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Connecticut is a state of the United States of America.
History[edit]
The Bahá’í Faith was first established in Connecticut in the 1910's with individuals from Mansfield and New Haven contributing to the Bahá’í Fund in 1911.[1] Star of the West reported that small communities had unexpectedly formed in New Haven and Hartford in 1916,[2] and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá noted that there was a Bahá’í presence in the state in one of the Tablets of the Divine Plan revealed on March 26, 1916, but also advised the community needed to more firmly establish the Faith:
"The Northeastern States on the shores of the Atlantic—Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York—in some of these states believers are found, but in some of the cities of these states up to this date people are not yet illumined with the lights of the Kingdom and are not aware of the heavenly teachings; therefore, whenever it is possible for each one of you, hasten ye to those cities and shine forth like unto the stars with the light of the Most Great Guidance."[3]
The New Haven Bahá’í community sent a delegate to the 1917 National Convention for the Bahá’ís of North America,[4] and received support from travel teachers in the early 1920's with Dorothy Beecher visiting in 1920,[5] and Fádil Mazandarání visiting in 1923,[6] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of New Haven was established in 1925.[7]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 2(4), p 10
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 7, p 158
- ↑ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, US Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1993 Edition, p 5
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 8, p 130
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 11(9), p 151
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 14, p 248
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (September, 1925). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 7, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
