Word: confessionalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"1. commitment to the Confession would not disqualify an individual for a position requiring access to classified information:
"2. from the plain meaning of the language of the Confession we find nothing to suggest that disloyalty to the United States is encouraged; and
"3. the Confession does not identify the United Presbyterian Church as a pacifist group.
"In response to inquiries concerning this Confession, we have, with the advice of the General Counsel's office, informed the questioners that:
A month later, in Portland, Oregon, the General Assembly adopted the Confession, retaining the "risk to national security" lines. It also adopted a strong Declaration of Conscience against the war in Vietnam, including this statement: "We understand this Declaration of Conscience to be required of us by our Confession of...