Word: faithfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question of inter-faith use of Memorial Church may form the major topic of discussion at Monday's meeting of the Corporation, reliable sources have indicated...
...interprets the Protestant tradition as requiring "precisely that we not exclude but rather that we welcome those of Jewish or of Catholic faith who wish to celebrate marriage or funeral rites or hold like divine service in Memorial Church...
...oversimplified the Harvard tradition. There have been many Christian traditions at Harvard. The University's religious commitment has expanded form a narrow Calvinism to the lack of commitment which represents the modern Harvard. Since the late nineteenth century, Harvard's religious tradition has been based upon a minimal moral faith and an abstract principle called "Veritas." The tradition has been inclusive rather than exclusive, one of multiplicity rather than conformity...
...this situation it is incumbent upon the President to avoid committing Harvard to any official religious belief, including his own. Harvard's greatness today depends on its lack of institutional commitment to any faith but faith in the scholarly ideal and in the universality implicit in such an ideal...
Citing the situation at Columbia as being a fairly close parallel with the University's, Florovsky pointed out that Columbia has very close cooperation between various religious groups by use of a council which meets each week to discuss inter-faith problems. The recognized University chapel, however, may be used only by Protestants, with the other faiths using places of worship in the vicinity of the University...