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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Episcopalians from taking Communion at Episcopal altars. Last winter the issue arose when churchmen of numerous faiths attended an "open Communion" service in the National Cathedral in Washington (TIME, Jan. 31). Last month, under Anglo-Catholic leadership, about one-fifth of the Episcopal ministry-1,400 priests-signed a statement disapproving open Communion. Last week, the church's Liberal Evangelicals, a group of 450 ministers who represent a much larger number, plumped solidly for giving Communion to baptized Christians "who come as guests to what is not 'Our Table' but the Table of the Lord...
...union not only of Presbyterianism but of all evangelical bodies in this country. It should take place at once." A candidate for union which is both evangelical and Catholic is the Episcopal Church. Last autumn the Episcopal General Convention invited Presbyterians to join in accepting a broad statement of faith in Jesus Christ, the Bible, the sacraments of baptism and Communion (see p. 54). Last week the Presbyterian Assembly, almost unanimously, voted acceptance. Commissions of both churches have already begun exploring tactics...
Reaffirming its confidence in the Walsh-Sweezy Committee and condemning Conant for too hasty a final statement, members of the Faculty today addressed an open letter to the President's Committee...
...Insurgent Statement...
...statement of the Committee to Aid Spanish Insurgency follows...