Mason Remey

Charles Mason Remey (15 May 1874 – 4 February 1974) was a prominent member of the early American Baháʼí community, and served in several important administrative capacities. He is well-known for an attempted schism of 1960, in which he claimed leadership and was rejected by the overwhelming majority of Baháʼís, who regard him as a Covenant-breaker.

Remey came from a distinguished naval family of Washington, D.C., and was among the first Baháʼís of the United States. He was a contemporary of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, one of the faith's three central figures, and traveled around the world as a teacher of the faith. As an architect, he designed the Houses of Worship in Kampala and Sydney, both dedicated in 1961, as well as the International Archives building in Haifa.

In 1951 he was appointed by Shoghi Effendi as the president of the International Baháʼí Council, and later as a Hand of the Cause. When Shoghi Effendi died in 1957, Remey and the other Hands signed a declaration that he died without leaving a designated successor as Guardian. Remey was elected to serve as one of the nine custodial Hands, a body that became the interim leadership until the election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963.

In 1960, Remey declared himself to be the second Guardian and expected the allegiance of the world's Baháʼís. His claim was rejected by all the other Hands of the Cause due to his lack of scriptural authority, and he was excommunicated along with about 100 supporters, mostly from the United States. Before his death, Remey's followers split into several rival factions, all of which declined over time. and . See Baháʼí divisions#Size and demographics for estimates of size.}} Provided by Wikipedia
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    [Chicago, Bahai Pub. Society] 1919.
    46 p. 19 cm.
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    [Chicago, Bahai Pub. Society] 1917.
    [123] p. incl. illus., plates, port., plans. 29 cm.
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    Washington, D.C., C.M. Remey, c1920.
    2 p. ̋., 2-8 numb. ̋., 3 ̋. 15 mounted pl. 28 cm.
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    [Washington, D.C., 1928]
    4 p. ̋., 33 numb. ̋., 7 ̋. front. (coat of arms) port. 29 cm.
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    [New York City, The Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1925]
    4 p. ̋., [11]-184 p. 19 cm.
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    [Washington, D.C.] "Organizers of the National Church Foundation", 1929.
    3 p. ̋., 11-59 p. incl. plates, plans. 26 cm.
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    [Washington, 1915]
    111 numb. ℓ. incl. mounted plates, mounted ports. 29 x 22 cm.
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    [Washington, D.C., J.D. Milans, c1912]
    115 p.
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    [Firenze, Italia, Printed by Typographia Sordomuti] 1925.
    60 p.
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    [Washington, D.C., Author] 1927.
    3 p. ̋., 9-81 p. incl. plans. 25 cm.
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    [Chicago, Ill. : The Bahai Publishing Society], 1914
    133 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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    [Washington, 1916]
    7 ̋. 10 mounted plates (incl. plans) 28 cm.
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    [Washington, D.C., Press of J.D. Milans & Sons] 1914.
    133 p. illus. (map) plates, ports. 21 cm.
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    [Washington, D.C.] 1926.
    15 p. ̋., 2-21 numb. ̋., 2 ̋., 2-6 numb. ̋., 3 ̋. plates, plans. 29 cm.
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