Words to Mrs. Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900
OOL 06 80070 Phelps: ABU 2884
ABU 2884‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Mrs. Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900
60 words
Question:
Jesus Christ said in the Gospels: 'After me shall come the Paraclete (or Advocate).' The Christians claim that this means the Holy Spirit, which came after Christ and abode in His disciples. But if this is true, why, after 600 years, did one come claiming to be the Paraclete?
Translation:
Provisional translation
When Mohammad put forth His claim, a great multitude of the disciples of Christ believed in Him as the man who put forward the claim of being the Comforter