time took on the role that the Hands of the Cause were filling. The announcement in 1968 also changed the role of the Hand of the Cause, changing them...

The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical and historical negationist myth that claims the cause of...

was succeeded by an interim arrangement of the Hands of the Cause until the election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963. Shoghi Effendi spent his...

in 1957, there was no clear successor, and the Hands of the Cause led a transition to the Universal House of Justice, elected in 1963. This transition...

for life of that body. — Part 1, para. 26 The Will and Testament also defines the obligation and responsibilities of the Hands of the Cause of God. Their...

(1875–1971) During the period between the death of Shoghi Effendi and the election of the Universal House of Justice the Hands of the Cause held a convocation...

often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon is usually described as having "hands" though opposable thumbs are...

member. The members of the International Baháʼí Council, the dates of their appointment, their offices on the IBC and those that were Hands of the Cause were:...

previously by the Hands of the Cause. The functions of the institution are generally "protection" from schism and "propagation", or spreading, of the religion...

as Hand of the Cause, the highest institution of the religion he could be appointed to. He wrote many books about the religion, with Thief in the Night...