Word: ecclesiasticism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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I am concerned they are not to marry people in church who have not been baptized. I have been criticized and called a narrow-minded ecclesiastic, and been told that I ought to be stopped. Well, stop me. I am going on until I am stopped.
"As a Presbyterian and one who in this election is supporting Mr. Hoover, I wish publicly to protest against the letter of the Moderator of the General Assembly calling on all members of the Presbyterian Church to support a particular candidate (TIME, Oct. 1). This is a flagrant instance of...
Proudly in the front rank of contemporary composers stands Bela Bartók, Hungarian. Symphonophiles the world over know him for a revolutionist, remember his music for its brutality, its stark rhythms. Last week he made his U. S. debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra-and a great audience...
Last week a 14-year-old handmaiden of the Lord stood beside a ripe ecclesiastic, her head upraised and look intent, locks flung back, red lips apart.
Amazing, fragmentary child's world: But Ecclesiastic Cadman had stopped and the pale handmaiden found herself facing the embattled visages of churchmen, curiosity-seekers, smart reporters, cynics, all agreed secretly to themselves to be as tolerant as possible.