Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...National Council, representing 30 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox communions and some 35,000,000 people, passed the statement by a vote...
Pusey's interest in Lawrence shows up in less orthodox areas than his desire for a top-notch faculty. Before Pusey's administration the college buildings were institutionalized inside and out. His first project was refurbishing the dilapidated Science building, much in need of repair but not a cause of concern to the trustees. Pusey took them on a brief inspection tour, pointing to the ancient, inadequate facilities. "The trustees thought they were lucky to get out alive," Mrs. Pusey said, and the funds were forthcoming. The building was completely rebuilt within its frame and Pusey picked the wall colors...
...steaming July day in 1873, representatives of some 30 Jewish congregations met in Cincinnati to make a historic break with Orthodox Judaism. They formed themselves into a society to be known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, dedicated, as they saw it, to a newer, more contemporary vision of the Jewish faith. In Manhattan last week, U.S. Reform Judaism celebrated the 80th anniversary of this birthday.* More than 3,000 delegates from 465 Reform temples were on hand; the five-day conference of U.A.H.C. was the largest Jewish religious gathering in U.S. history...
...Manhattan, General James A. Van Fleet, who directed the U.S. military aid for Greece (1948-50), was selected to lead Greece's Independence Day parade up Fifth Avenue. In religious salute, the general paused to kiss the ring of Archbishop Michael, head of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America...
...Other U.S. Presbyterian bodies: Cumberland Presbyterian Church (membership: 80,000), Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church (30,000), Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (25,000), Orthodox Presbyterian Church (8,000), two Reformed Presbyterian churches (5,000 and 1,500), Bible Presbyerian Church (no statistics available), Associate Presbyterian Church of North America...