Word: sacramentalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intelligent choice of a marriage partner later." But going steady, he finds, is bad for both the body and soul of those too young to contemplate marriage as imminent. "Teenagers going steady are enkindling mutual love in much the same way as courting couples do ... But the sacrament of union is not within their reach as the natural term of their desires. The resulting tension [puts] a heavy strain on the observance of God's law of chastity...
...Assisi one day last June, Don Giovanni Rossi knelt in chapel before the Blessed Sacrament. Outside, a man pounded down the steep, cobbled street loudly singing a popular tune. Don Giovanni's prayer faltered, and he thought ruefully: "If only that fellow were singing of Jesus, my mind wouldn't wander...
Memorial Church will hold Communion today, Maundy Thursday, renewing a tradition begun in 1814. Four silver chalices, purchased through a special Corporation vote in that year will be used in administering the Sacrament...
...date of the last Communion celebrated in Memorial Church is uncertain. Buttrick said that Edward Cadwell Moore, University Preacher from 1915 to 1929, observed the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper regularly three times each year. Buttrick's predecessor, the late Dean Willard L. Sperry, held Communion only intermittently at the start of his tenure...
Read before the distribution of the elements, the invitation to the Sacrament will include "Come not to the Table because you must, but because you may...Come not to express an opinion, but to seek a Presence..." Buttrick emphasized that the modified form of worship will be in keeping with the simple Protestant heritage of Memorial Church...