The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles

by Effendi Shoghi

8 December 1955[84]

CABLE NUMBER LOCALITIES BRITISH ISLES WHERE BAHÁ’ÍS RESIDE AIRMAIL LIST.

SHOGHI

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Letter of 13 December 1955

13 December 1955

Dear John:

This is just a note on behalf of the beloved Guardian to answer the point raised in one of your recent letters.

You say that in Irish, the word “Báb” is not appropriate to be used; and as the word “Gate” is not as nice in translation in any language, he suggests that in place of the word “Báb”, you use “Herald”....