Word: creed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dogmas, is defined by Mrs. Besant as "the body of truths which form the basis of all religions and which can not be claimed as the exclusive possession of any." It has three Objects: "1) To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color. 2) To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science. 3) To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the power latent in man." But Theosophists believe in many a dogmatic mystery, among them reincarnation. Mrs. Besant in previous incarnations has been sister and wife...
...spiritualism, the latest theories of consciousness. Says the senior partner of himself: "[He] is the least well equipped scientifically. His share has been mainly literary and editorial and he is responsible for the initiation and organization of the whole scheme. . . . The triplex author claims to be wedded to no creed, associated with no propaganda; he is telling what he believes to be the truth about life. so far as it is known...
...article published in the Daily Princetonian, Dr. Mather A. Abbott discusses the relation of Preparatory Schools to the individualism creed of the colleges. Quite rightly, we believe, he absolves the schools and their emphasis upon spirit from blame, for the college reaction. It is a characteristic fostered by men of college age, independent of school training to disregard as superfluous all community interests which do not react to the immediate satisfaction of the individual. Dr. Abbott writes, "let us stick to the old order, if so-called individualism is going to bring to pass the current state of disinterestedness...
Died. Dr. William Coleman Bitting, 73, pastor of Second Baptist Church in St. Louis from 1905 to 1924; in St. Louis, Mo. Known as a liberal, his most famed statement was: "I am bound by no creed. Personally, I am a Metho-formed, Presby-gational, Bapto-palian. I am not trying to get men into Heaven; I am trying to get Heaven into men. Nor am I trying to keep men out of Hell, but keep Hell...
...reading, and a maturity of literary style which place him in a class by himself among the contributors to the present number of the Advocate. He is a thorough-going, though far from a blind, disciple of Professor Babbitt. He has in fact done more than accept the Humanist creed; he has taken the trouble to find out what the Humanists are talking about and has equipped himself to speak with them. And, as I have already indicated, his present contribution gains added consideration from the ease and maturity of the style in which it is composed...