Word: pike
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...found the letters denouncing Dean Pike's defense of birth control far more enlightening and interesting than TIME'S original article [Jan. 31] . . . MARY ELLEN GARRETT Du Bois...
...wish to challenge the statement of the Rev. David A. Reid, in his letter [Feb. 21] criticizing Dean James Pike's recent defense of birth control, that "the Episcopal Church has taken a somewhat uncompromising view of the matter of depriving others of life - which is the express purpose of birth control" A resolution of the 1930 Anglican Lambeth Conference says in part: ". . . We cannot condemn the use of scientific methods to prevent conception, which are thoughtfully and conscientiously adopted." I should also like to challenge another statement which deprecates the sex act in marriage as a "sacrament...
...UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IS NOT EPISCOPAL, THE REV. DAVID REID HAS APPARENTLY OVERLOOKED THE CONCLUSIONS AT LAMBETH REPRESENTING ALL THE DIOCESES OF OUR ANGLICAN COMMUNION. AS FOR FATHER TUCKER'S SOMEWHAT PERSONAL COMMENT, I AM A FATHER OF FOUR MY SELF, SO FAR. (THE VERY REV.) JAMES A. PIKE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE NEW YORK CITY...
...Congratulations on your excellent coverage of the moving statement by Dr. Pike ... There is growing recognition that the era of censorship on statements endorsing planned parenthood is over; this message by a leader in one of America's most respected church groups will give new courage and vision to many Americans . . MARY MORAIN...
About Dean Pike's belief that it is the positive duty of married persons not to conceive under given circumstances: the gentry of my parish of Monte Carlo, given to old-fashioned ideas on the one hand, and to games of chance on the other, have asked me if the dean's mother knew of this duty, did she have any preconceived idea about it, or were the circumstances such as to make the dean a lucky number. I have told my innocent flock that in any case, we owe to the dean's Godfearing and benign...