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...many Episcopal bishops agree with the dogma-smashing theological views of the Rt. Rev. James A. Pike, recently resigned head of the California diocese. On the other hand, not many Episcopal bishops want to see him put on public trial for heresy, either. Last week in Wheeling, W. Va., at its annual meeting, the House of Bishops adopted a compromise, plague-on-both-sides statement of principles that blistered Pike for his "offensive" and "irresponsible" utterances - meaning his skepticism about such doctrines as the Virgin Birth and the Trinity. At the same time, the house deplored the notion...
Consensus of the House. In order to head off Louttit's formal presentation of the heresy charge, Presiding Bishop John T. Hines had named an ad hoc committee to prepare a general statement that would reflect the consensus of the house. The committee was headed by the Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, 74, the retired Bishop of Washington who, in 1946, ordained Pike to the priesthood. Dun's committee proposed rebuking Pike instead of trying him. The debate on its recommendation became in effect a trial by rhetoric-not so much of Pike as of the church itself...
Praise & Protest. The report, bannered in the press and seized upon by cartoonists, drew ardent praise and scandalized protests. Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, a past president of the Methodist Conference, found it "just right." The Rt. Rev. Ronald Williams, Anglican Bishop of Leicester, demurred: "Sexual intercourse outside marriage is wrong, and young people should be told this." This week the British Council of Churches must consider whether to accept the report as an official pronouncement, and the extremes of disagreement guaranteed a battle...
...BRITISH ELECTIONS (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). A program originating entirely in London, transmitted by Early Bird satellite and taped in the U.S. for slightly delayed replay. NBC News London Bureau Chief Elie Abel reports, and the Rt. Hon. David Brinkley translates...
...Rt. Rev. James A. Pike, Bishop of California, for his untiring efforts to thaw out God's frozen people. The man I should most dislike to see nominated is the man whom everyone will select and who will be chosen by you, L.B.J...