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This call, however, was immediately and with disdain rejected by the kings, one and all. (81:3) By an act of forgiveness Baha'u'llah made to the Christian kings of Europe a further offer. He addressed to the Emperor Napoleon III of France, to Pope Ix, to Queen Victoria and to Czar Alexander, individual letters in which He asked of them their aid in establishing God's Kingdom among the nations. Napoleon was at the moment the most powerful and brilliant of the European sovereigns and to him Baha'u'llah offered the leadership in this great undertaking. He called on Napoleon to introduce the new Revelation and told him that the clergy who held to the old worship and refused the new would be as fallen stars and lose their status and authority. He revealed to Napoleon several of the great new principles of the new Faith.. He stated that His own mission was to regenerate and to unify the whole human race, which was to be regarded as one soul in many bodies.. monks were to leave their monasteries, to marry and mingle with the life of the people; and celibacy was not and never had been approved by the Almighty..
(81:4)
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