…there is a distinction drawn in the Faith between the
attitudes which should characterize individuals in their relationship to other
people, namely, loving forgiveness, forbearance, and concern with one's own sins,
not the sins of others, and those attitudes which should be shown by the
Spiritual Assemblies, whose duty is to administer the law of God with justice.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated 6 February 1973 to all National Spiritual Assemblies)
