Editing Mason Remey (section)

===Consolidation===

Remey wrote three letters to his supporters soon after his excommunication, sharing his belief that "the only true and legitimate Baha'is are those now serving under the Second Guardian of the Faith."{{sfn|Johnson|2020|pp=35–36}} He initially called his sect the Orthodox Baha'is Under the Hereditary Guardianship.{{sfn|Smith|2000}}

Remey settled in Florence, Italy, until the end of his life. From there he appointed three local spiritual assemblies in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], [[Rawalpindi|Rawalpindi, Pakistan]], and [[Lucknow|Lucknow, India]], then organized the election of two National Assemblies in 1963 – in the United States and Pakistan.{{sfn|Johnson|2020|p=40}}

In 1964 the Santa Fe assembly filed a lawsuit against the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of the Baháʼís of the United States to receive the legal title to the Baháʼí House of Worship in Illinois, and all other property owned by the NSA. The NSA counter-sued and won.{{sfn|No. 64 C 1878|1966}} The Santa Fe assembly lost the right to use the term "Baháʼí" in printed material. Remey then changed the name of his sect from "Baháʼís Under the Hereditary Guardianship" to "Abha World Faith" and also referred to it as the "Orthodox Faith of Baháʼu'lláh" or "Orthodox Abha World Faith",{{sfn|Melton|2012}}{{sfn|Barrett|2001|p=247}} and himself as the "Guardian of the Orthodox Baha'is".{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=206}} In 1966, Remey asked the Santa Fe assembly to dissolve, as well as the second International Baháʼí Council that he had appointed with Joel Marangella, residing in France, as president.{{sfn|Johnson|2020|pp=40–42}}{{sfn|Stockman|1995}}