April 19. On this date in 1939, Shoghi Effendi described the relationship between the Bahá'í Cause and Administrative Order as "inseparably bound to each other, in very much the same relationship existing between the soul and body in the world of human existence."

April 19. On this date in 1939, Shoghi Effendi described the relationship between the Bahá'í Cause and Administrative Order as "inseparably bound to each other, in very much the same relationship existing between the soul and body in the world of human existence."

6. Relationship of the Cause to the Administration
"Regarding the relationship of the Cause to the Administration: The Bahá'í Faith, as the Guardian himself has repeatedly and emphatically stated, cannot be confined to a mere system of organization, however elaborate in its features and universal in its scope it may be. Organization is only a means to the realization of its aims and ideals, and not an end in itself. To divorce the two, however, would be to mutilate the Cause itself, as they stand inseparably bound to each other, in very much the same relationship existing between the soul and body in the world of human existence."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, April 19, 1939)