Word: episcopalian
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...religious spokesman on frequent radio and TV programs. Most recently he has been leading a fight against "Communist influences" in Scarsdale's public schools. Last week, after preaching at the morning service, 52-year-old High Churchman Kernan told his rector that he did not consider himself an Episcopalian any more: he was seeking admission to the Roman Catholic Church...
Passed over as Army chief of staff in favor of a junior corps commander, Joe Collins. Considered retiring, entering politics. Last year Harry Truman picked him-an Episcopalian-as the nation's first Ambassador to the Vatican, but in the resulting furor Clark asked to have his name withdrawn...
...disappointment in Washington was his snub by Baptist Harry Truman, who failed to answer repeated invitations to attend the meetings. (Said Billy, "I guess he was just too busy or something.") As a consolation prize, he went to Manhattan last week for an hour-long talk with Episcopalian Douglas MacArthur. "He is one of the most inspiring men I ever met," Billy said. "He is deeply religious...
...Other candidates (or presumed" candidates): Dwight Eisenhower (brought up in the Brethren in Christ church, now an "intensely religious" nonsectarian), Robert Taft (Episcopalian), Douglas MacArthur (Episcopalian), Adlai Stevenson (Unitarian...
...Course of the week (for senior cadets majoring in civil engineering at V.M.I.): "Personal Relations." Its coverage: everything from a "Religion to Live By," with lectures by three clergymen (a Presbyterian, an Episcopalian and a Roman Catholic), to "A Wife as a Partner," with lectures by three wives...