Word: christs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prosaic recital of fact. Still, as everyone even slightly acquainted with English history should know, it was named after a member for the city of London, a puritan with the puritanical name of Praise-God Barebones. His brother, by the way, bore the still more astounding name of "If-Christ-had-not-come- thou-wouldst-have-been-damned Barebones...
...acceptance was announced to the press. It appeared to most observers that the potentates of the Pennsylvania diocese had made sure in advance, this time, that they would not be met with refusal. There was virtually no debate before the election. Dr. Louis C. Washburn, rector of Old Christ Church, Philadelphia, and nominator of Dr. Taitt, mentioned a letter circulated among deputies to the convention. Bishop Garland interrupted: "There must be no references to letters, to caucuses held by laity or clergy, or to newspaper reports. If there are such references I will have to speak some plain words...
...Washington to San Antonio on the same train with Mexican Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, head of the Mexican Hierarchy. The venerable prelate, because of violent trouble between Church and State, had left Mexico a year before. Now, as delegate of a Pope who not only is Vicar of Christ but also a free sovereign, he was returning to discuss with Mexico's President Portes Gil the possible soothing of those troubles. Probably the Archbishop and the Ambassador talked. Possibly the Ambassador, as a U. S. Statesman, said things which pleased the Archbishop about the U. S. attitude toward...
Reformed, Too. Another group to express the urge to merge was the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the U. S., meeting at Indianapolis. Unanimously passed were resolutions "strongly endorsing'' their proposed union with the United Brethren in Christ and Evangelical Synod of North America...
India, Too. At Lucknow was held a conference, the first in Northern India's church history, to discuss the fusion of the United Church of Northern India, Methodist Episcopal Church, English Baptist Church, Disciples of Christ (American and Australian), Church of Brethren and Wesleyan Methodist Church. "Informal and unofficial" representatives of the Anglican Church were present...