Word: coffin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Than the Rev. Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin, pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, few distinguished divines have been honored by more distinguished universities. Two weeks ago, Columbia University, and, last week, Princeton, conferred upon him an honorary D.D. Already he had been so honored by New York University, 1906; by Yale, his alma mater, 1915 ; by Harvard...
There had been one crises at the Assembly. It came when the Judicial Committee handed down judgment that the Presbytery of New York had erred in licensing two young men who had expressed doubt as to whether Jesus had been physiologically born of a virgin. Dr. Coffin, "pale and trembling with excitement," had promptly risen in the name of the New York Presbytery, to protest against the decision. This action resulted in postponement of the issue until a special committee of 15 should have made its investigation of the spiritual condition of the Church...
Theologically learned, Dr. Coffin is not theologically minded. His audiences in Manhattan and in the leading Universities have known him as a passionate evangelical preacher. The power of Jesus to save souls, the personal significance of the Cross, the hope of life eternal, the simple duties of individual and social righteousness ? these have been his theories...
...General Assembly should decide that a literal belief in the Virgin Birth is essential because mentioned in the scriptures (even though Jesus never mentioned it), it must logically decree that a belief in the six-day creation is essential. In such an event, Dr. Coffin must leave the Church. And, more vital, thousands of young people must remain outside...
Such, in effect, was Dr. Coffin's report. And, since the chief importance of the General Assembly's action in the theological matter is its effect on the Liberals, Dr. Coffin's report may be taken as the net result of the controversy to date...