Word: communionism
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...outward and visible signs and deliberate subscription to creed or dogma are the ear-marks of "godliness", then all that inward reflection which hopes to place us in harmony with the god of things as they are, all that secret communion with our better selves, and all that conscious adherence to the spirit of great teachers, such as the Nazarene, must be considered devices of the "godless". Just when does a man, and collectively, a university become "godless...
...50th jubilee of the concrete idea of building the Cathedral and the 31st anniversary of that Day of St. John the Evangelist when the cornerstone "of the greatest cathedral in the English-speaking world" was laid. The religious services of celebration started in the morning with Holy Communion administered by the Rev. Henry Van Dyke,-as celebrant, Suffragan Bishop Lloyd as deacon, Suffragan Bishop Shipman as sub deacon. At the beginning of the afternoon an elaborate luncheon was served in the crypt of Synod Hall, after which the remainder of the afternoon was spent in meetings of committees and commissions...
...ordered the removal of the radio amplifier which was recently placed on the high altar of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan. Because of the great size of the Cathedral, an amplifier is really necessary for those who wish not only to see but to hear the communion service. But Bishop Manning ordered the amplifier removed from the high altar, as carrying modernism into too sacred a place, where only the cross and candlesticks and sacred vessels of the communion service belong. " Besides, communicants should know their service by heart, and it should not be necessary for them...
...commencement program began with holy communion at 8 o'clock and at 11 o'clock the commencement exercises were held. After a short address by the Reverend William H. Lincoln, president of the Board of Trustees, Bishop Lawrence conferred the degrees upon the candidates...
...denomination held that only persons baptized by immersion were Christians, because immersion was the New Testament mode of baptism. The Southern Baptists still hold to this belief, and refuse to cooperate with any other Protestant denominations in the Federal Council of Churches. The Northern Baptists cooperate, but have a communion service which is closed to all Christians except those who have been immersed. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York, has declared for the " open church "-i. e., receiving members from other communions without immersion. Along with this " heresy," Dr. Woelfkin declares that he believes...