Word: creede
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...policy of compromise. If Mr. Wallace really wants a determined and unified youth movement, he may have his wish before long. But he must be reconciled beforehand to the very strong possibility that the first act of such a movement will be the enunciation of a social creed to which the New Deal at its boldest, has provided only a fondling and inconclusive prelude...
...North's thoughts could drift back to a December day in Philadelphia, when the Federal Council was in the throes of organizing. It was no easy matter to thread the creeds and dogmas of dozens of sects and bring them together in a common Christian purpose. Out of a bog of conflicting theological ideas Dr. North led his confrères to high and solid ground-social service. An active minister and city missions worker, he believed that "when the standards of the Gospel shall have become the rule of Society, His Kingdom will be here." He wrote...
...goal is the healthy mind in the healthy body. This is not only a creed but a way of life. Sun, light and air are vital conditions to human wellbeing. We believe these elements are insufficiently used in present-day life, to the detriment of physical and moral health."-Pronunciamento of the International Nudist Conference...
...might well be proud of, but by comparison tends to be made damning. I refer in particular to your Nov. 10 issue which captions a photo of Samuel Untermyer as "Jew Untermyer" and one of Luther as "German Luther." Certainly you are aware that being a Jew is a creed not a nationality. Why not "Protestant Luther'' or whatever his creed may be? Have we not suffered sufficient bigotry without having so unbiased a publication as yours add wood to the already too long burning fire...
...Chancellor Hitler, he might have been expected to side with the Sportpalast "reformers." Instead, caught by the news from Berlin while traveling in southern Germany, he sent a telegram of strong reproof: "I speak only as leader of the Church who is responsible for the preservation of the creed before God. ... It is said, though I can hardly believe it, that the sacred cross has been rejected as the symbol of our Christianity. ... I, as leader of the Protestant Church, reject such a spirit with all my energy. ... I shall never permit that such heresies shall be taught...