Word: pulpiteering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...several years important churchmen have been edging away from Franco's philosophies. Bishop Angel Herrera of Malaga has been exposing Spain's social inequities from the pulpit for more than a decade. In 1960, a letter was signed by 352 Basque priests condemning the regime's stifling of basic freedoms; last year several Catholic archbishops urged El Caudillo to drop press censorship...
...congregation loves him. Removed from the pulpit at Manhattan's Broadway Presbyterian Church last month by vote of the New York Presbytery...
During his first worship service at Broad way Presbyterian, he introduced his Ger man shepherd dog to the congregation from the pulpit - a gesture that delighted children in attendance, but to Merriam's enemies seemed evidence of emotional immaturity. More seriously, they accuse him of lack of judgment. The principal evidence: an incident of last August, when Merriam, on behalf of a self-exiled Iranian scholar, telephoned a State Department official, surreptitiously tape-recorded the conversation, then played the recording -which included some off-the-cuff remarks by the official about Iran's corruption - to a reporter...
...considered action against him. "Fathers and brethren," he cried, "you have judged us hastily, and you have judged us wrongly.'' The presbytery was unimpressed; the vote for rescinding the call got a larger majority than last month's ballot to remove Merriam from the pulpit...
...Founded in 1871, it was once the most fashionable parish in town. The families who lived on "the Heights" were well-to-do, and the house of worship they built at 120 Summit Avenue was a monument to their generosity. The stained-glass windows were by Tiffany; the altar, pulpit and lectern were of the best Carrara marble...