Thou hast asked about the general criterion with regard to heresy. Heresy referreth to such matters as are not ordained in the explicit text of the Book and which the Universal House of Justice doth not endorse.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet— compilation: ‘The Universal House of Justice, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, revised February 2021; online Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)