Word: piked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bishop Pike or Uncle Noah...
...controversy over Bishop Pike [Nov. 4] is merely a matter of truth v. superstition, and sooner or later truth always wins. In the meantime, Bishop Pike, like Luther, must stand challenged, and. laymen must go right on educating themselves in the hope that some day the church will catch...
...Congratulations to Bishop Henry I. Louttit and his 30 fellow petitioners. I am not an Episcopalian. But the idea of a man with Pike's views as clergyman or layman in a Christian church seems as incongruous to me as a schoolteacher who does not believe in education. Either we are for Christ and the fundamentals of the faith or we are against them. I could have no respect for a church that lets a man straddle the fence...
...Strange that the church, bent on freeing men, gets entangled constantly in ideas that enslave the intellect. At least Bishop Pike is searching for the historical (and theological) truth of the Incarnation, cutting through man-made accretions that are unnecessary for the Christian to believe and that are great stumbling blocks to the honest, intelligent, truth-seeking minds of the younger generation. (THE REV.) ERNEST W. COCKRELL Newton, Mass...
...Pike was irate at the report. Calling upon a seldom-used Episcopal canon, he petitioned Hines for a formal investigation of the "rumors, reports and allegations affecting my personal and official character." Hines countered by allowing a cooling-off period before naming an investigative committee. Softening the blow against Pike, the house then voted to set up a council to "help rethink, restructure and renew the church" -something that Pike has been proposing for years...