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that with the written consent Bishop Pike Demands Charges of two other bishops — in this case bishop-elect C. Kilmer My- Against Him be Investigated ers of California — now suffra- gan bishop of Michigan — and publication. •k Bishop James A. Pike of 104 to 35. Then the Cal- Bishop Craine — the bishop can and turned tables on the House of ifornian and his sympathizers demand that an investigation Bishops by asking to be put on moved into the picture with be made. reuse trial for heresy and conduct un- ecclesiastical and legal ammuni- Upon receiving it, the Presid- for becoming a clergyman. tion. ing Bishop is required to sum- Backed by 35 of the younger First, most of the minority mon a committee to investigate bishops headed by Bishop John —mostly in their fifties — one the matter. required P. Craine of Indianapolis, he by one disassociated themselves The rumors and accusations asked Presiding Bishop John E. from the document, presented cited by Bishop Pike included Hines for a full scale investiga- by Bishop Angus Dun, retired the conclusions of the ad hoc
Permission tion of "rumors, reports, and diocesan of Washington. committee, charges by Bishop allegations" made against him The report of the ad hoc com- Chandler W. Sterling of Mon- by his foes. mittee is in this issue. Others tana that he "doublecrossed" DFMS. / The request to 139 members to draw up the report, which the bishops by not submitting of the house came as a bomb- was presented unanimously, his writings to some of them last year and the draft present- Church shell after the house approved, were Bishops: Sherman of Long with one slight change and after Island; Bayne, executive council ment of Bishop Louttit's charge. lengthy debate, an ad hoc com- vice-president; Warnecke of He said afterward the ad hoc mittee report rebuking him for report amounted to a trial pro-
Episcopal Bethlehem; Kline of Northern his views and calling him "irre- Indiana; Mosley of Delaware; cedure "without a hearing" and the sponsible" in his speaking and of Emrich of Michigan. that his own legal action was writing. Then, led by Bishop William "all I can do as an honorable But the committee report was F. Creighton of Washington, man."
Archives aimed at heading off a lengthy D.C., they presented a report Bishop Pike was backed by a five-step trial in which the ulti- which was received by the house group of bishops who drew up
2020. mate court is the House of Bish- stating that if Bishop Pike were a document in his absence be- ops acting in a judicial rather to be a "casualty of the Chris- tween the afternoon and evening than a legislative capacity. tian mission in our day" they debate on the ad hoc committee
Copyright Bishop Pike demanded, under regretted it. report. Canon 56, Section 4, that the Finally, reaching into the The minority report, also in Presiding Bishop initiate im- canons for a law never used in this issue, was signed by most mediately the judicial process by Episcopal Church history in if not all of the 35 who voted naming between three and seven such a way, Bishop Pike came against the Dun report. Those bishops having jurisdictions to to the rostrum and dramatically, named by the press officer of examine the charges against but quietly, asked for a full- the executive council on October him and determine whether a scale probe into reports against 25; Bishops: Craine of Indianap- canonical offense had been com- him. olis ; Myers of Michigan; DeWitt mitted. The canon asks for an exami- of Pa.; Blanchard of S. Ohio; A volley of speeches preceded nation of defamatory reports Hatch of W. Mass; Creighton the ad hoc committee report. against the "personal or official and Moore of Washington; But- It was finally passed by a vote character" of a bishop. It says terfield of Vt.; Cadigan of Mo.; NOVEMBER 10, 1966 Tfcree Cole of C. New York; Scaife of home department of the execu- fore it. Bishop Pike had re- W. New York; Barrett of Ro- tive council, "but just as a man, quested that he be included or chester; Stark and Rath of as an American. Even in our at least have his say. Newark; Saucedo of Mexico; schools we have more humane Paul Moore processes than seem to be opera- Stevenson of Harrisburg; In an eloquent plea, Bishop tive here for the last while." Wright of Nevada; Hall of Paul Moore, suffragan of Wash- N. H.; Stokes and Burgess of Bishop Corrigan was a mem- ington, asked: Mass.; Marmion of SW. Va.; ber of the minority which "Why is it that the house had Corrigan, head of the home brought about the upset later. not censured any of the rest of dept. of the executive council. "My God," he continued, us who have spoken, acted out Of his foes, Bishop Pike said: "heresy is nothing to what we or allowed to occur within our "They're thinking of the in say about this man. The due dioceses greater blasphemies group. But I'm hearing those processes of our Church are re- than the treatment of items of who are delighted there is a liable, humane, and they have doctrine less than solemnly? been violated. I believe in this new way to believe — perhaps "I speak of Church doors boldly, perhaps vulgarly." due process, and I believe this publication. matter should be further ex- closed against members of an- He noted that fewer than half other race, clergy denied back- and amined." the bishops of the house have ing of their bishop because of jurisdictions and that the ma- Pike and Myers their Christian social views, reuse jority "don't realize the Church public impugning of the motives for is going down the chute" and Bishop Pike at one point said of fellow bishops . . . he regarded it as a "failure of that there are "scene changes" "Is it only because Bishop all over the country. due process" that he was not required Pike, due to his peculiar genius given a hearing before the ad Bishop Craine said the young- in commanding a wide audience, hoc committee. He said he er bishops met in a rump session is more of a public figure than "could not imagine a more judg- in a room they have used as a the rest of us? I am concerned mental set of conclusions" than Permission chapel at the lodge in Wheeling that the severity of the rebuke those reached by the committee. where the house met the last contained within this statement week in October. Bishop Pike cited a speech would have something of the ap- DFMS. / "This is going to hurt the given by Bishop Angus Dun on pearance of repression. Church," he remarked to re- April 30, 1925, about the com- "The Church facing the world porters, "but my personal con- plexities of the Apostles Creed.
Church today is already thought of by viction is that the young men He also cited quotations from a majority of the younger gen- of the Church are with Bishop Father Hans Kueng's book, eration to be archaic. Bishop Pike. The others don't even "Freedom Today," stating that Pike is one of the few figures Episcopal know why the Church is loading freedom in theology is necessary within our Church to whom they the the ball game." for its variety and multiplicity. point with hope." of He spoke for about 20 min- Donegan and Corrigan utes, and was applauded as he Butterfield and DeWitt During the hour-and-a-half went to his seat. Over and over, Presiding Archives discussion lasting into the late During the earlier floor fight, Bishop Hines fought down at- evening, bishop after bishop younger bishops among the 139 tempts to have the discussion 2020. arose to say why he did not wish tended to support Bishop Pike tabled or put over. Throughout to see a heresy trial come about. while the many older ones seated the first-hour floor fight no They called the committee re- at the front in the order of their wording in the document was
Copyright port a family affair, but also consecration dates, voted over changed. one that affected the whole and over against him. Bishop Harvey D. Butterfield Church. His successor to the diocese of Vermont, who originally had Bishop Horace W. B. Donegan of California, Bishop Myers, told refused to sign the heresy alle- of New York declared that he the House that the debate over gations circulated by Bishop profoundly regretted the word the document "suggests we are Louttit, asked that the state- "irresponsible" in the report be- already at trial." ment be rejected. cause "this is an attack on a He and other supporters "I'm as much concerned as man's integrity." criticized the eight-bishop ad anyone about the image of the "I speak against this state- hoc committee because it in- Church," he said. ment not as a bishop, or even cluded Bishop Louttit—his chief "But I'm more concerned as a Christian," declared Bishop accuser—and Bishop Pike had about what Christ thinks. The Daniel Corrigan, director of the not been allowed to appear be- whole issue here is: Do we wor-
Four THB WITNESS ship Jesus Christ or do we wor- move ahead on the question Pike "Committee for the De- ship a set of words?" "with all deliberate speed" and fense of the Faith." At one point, Bishop Robert was in no rush to name the "I recommend that we do L. DeWitt Jr., of Pennsylvania committee. nothing," Bishop Louttit said to protested the "heavy note of In another move to put the the group, whom he called to censoriousness" contained in the brakes on the issue that could the front of the house at the core of the ad hoc committee expand into one of the most close of an afternoon session. document. He moved to delete sensational Church trials of the "If we get behind the eight-ball three key paragraphs. century, Bishop Louttit caucused again, I'll get in touch with Bishop Pike spoke in apprecia- with 28 members of his anti- you." tion of this support in his ''great period of trial." He said he had more than 1,000 letters Council for Renewal of Church from people who had come into the Church "because of the type Endorsed by House of Bishops of thing I say and the approach I use." He said that the forms * A re-examination of the impact of science on religious publication. of the creeds, prayers and the theological stance and structure belief, new forms of the minis- and hymns of the Christian Church of the Church through forma- try, the role of laymen, world are being widely changed and tion of a special council of repre- peace and many areas of Chris- reuse criticized at present. sentative clergy and laymen tian social concern. for And, he objected, the docu- was recommended by the House The council, if formed, it was ment contained a "judgmental- of Bishops. noted, would not have official ism" at one point where it Endorsing a resolution which status but would provide guid- required indicated he had not lived up specifically noted that the ance for the established govern- to a pledge he made to the House Roman Catholic Church "has mental bodies of the Church. of Bishops last year. This was shown that a great Church can Some bishops at the meeting
Permission an affirmation of his loyalty to re-think publicly and with free- in Wheeling saw the move as the doctrine, discipline and wor- dom not only the expressions of a reaction to the ferment ship of his Church. its faith but its total life and created by the debate over the DFMS.
/ At issue here was a sentence mission in our day," the house statements of Bishop Pike. in the document reading: called on the Presiding Bishop Bishop Hines however noted "Nothing so troubles us now as to appoint a committee to set that the "ferment that exists" Church the sense shared by most of us up a council. in the Church exists "quite that this hope was in vain." The resolution, presented by independently of Bishop Pike." As soon as the ad hoc docu- Bishop Anson Phelps Stokes of He said that such an approach Episcopal ment was prepared, and long Massachusetts, urged the for- to study of the role of the the before the debate began, it was mation of such a group which Church in the world would have of presented to Presiding Bishop will represent a cross-section of gotten underway even if Bishop Hines, who said he was "happy" the Church to "help rethink, Pike had not become the focal with it. restructure and renew the point of the discussion. Archives "I hope this never will come Church for life in the world It was suggested by Bishop today." Stokes that by 1969 "some sort 2020. to trial, because that is not a viable and adequate form of The committee is to report of congress" could be convened settling matters of the faith," to the next House of Bishops which would bring together Bishop Hines told reporters. session — at the 1967 Episcopal theologians, laymen and clergy Copyright After Bishop Pike's demand General Convention — on estab- under the sponsorship of the for a probe the Presiding Bishop lishment of the council. Actual House of Bishops. indicated that he would take formation of the deliberative Other subjects receiving at- his time in naming the initial group would follow that meet- tention at the House session committee. ing. included an examination of the Bishop Stokes stated that the Church's role in the Protestant "I would hope that somehow council could produce "docu- union movement, particularly a way can yet be found to end ments of various kinds to help through the nine-denomination- this affair without reaching the us understand our faith and al Consultation on Church stage of a heresy trial," he said. make it relevant for today." Union. Borrowing a Supreme Court Questions to be considered, he Bishop Robert F. Gibson, Jr., phrase, he said he planned to suggested, would include the of Richmond, Va., issued a plea NOVEMBEB 10, 1966 Five to support the Episcopal dele- man Catholic theological conver- haves' among the nations must gation's participation in the sations also were brought to be aroused to use their sub- constitution talks. the attention of the bishops. stance willingly and wisely to "In a show - down," Bishop Bishop Donald Hallock of Mil- help 'the have-nots.' " Gibson asked, "what are you waukee said in this connection It was noted that as the gross national product of the United going to do if we don't intend that theologians on both sides to go through with this? If States "steadily increases . . . earnestly hoped that some day we don't, then for God's sake, the percentage devoted to inter- let's vote at General Convention the two Churches might find national development dangerous- to pull out of this thing and be unity in the eucharist. ly declines ..." honest if we can't be Christian." Elections In addition to interreligious The place of the Episcopal Bishop Lyman B. Ogilby, programs and cooperation with Church in the proposed inter- whose resignation as diocesan government, the document called denominational merger — in of the Philippines becomes ef- for support of the Presiding large measure because of its fective next May, was elected Bishop's fund for world relief firm beliefs on orders of the coadjutor of South Dakota. in 1967 and urged all branches publication. ministry and the episcopate — Bishop Benite C. Cabanban, suf- of the Anglican communion to and has been a subject of considera- fragan of the Philippines, was increase their efforts to meet ble discussion. elected coadjutor and automa- human need. reuse The on - going Episcopal - Ro- tically succeeds Bishop Ogilby. It was suggested that the An- for glican communion appoint a non - governmental representa- tive to the UN to aid the execu- required All Religions will be Invited tive officer of the communion in assisting provinces of the To Tackle World Problems communion "in finding their
Permission role in the quest for peace and * The House of Bishops called ers of the World Council of the elimination of poverty." for immediate efforts to con- Churches, provinces of the
DFMS. worldwide Anglican communion, Recruitment of volunteers to / vene a "world-wide gathering work in Church, voluntary of Christians, Jews, Moslems and Pope Paul to bring about the global interreligious confer- governmental and international
Church and leaders of Eastern reli- ence on peace. aid programs also was urged. gions" to search for religious While noting that religious The paper additionally pledged initiatives for peace and the groups have shown deep concern resources of the Church to Episcopal elimination of poverty. for problems of world popula- achieve equal opportunity for the Adopting a position paper on tion and need, and "by a wealth all citizens in the U.S., noting of "population, poverty and peace," of voluntary effort" have that "the issues of poverty and they strongly endorsed pro- sought to "minister within the human rights are inseparable, grams of population control and calamitous conditions we con- both at home and abroad." To- Archives called for a prompt acceleration front," the issues "have not yet gether with human rights ad- of both religious and govern- become the major agenda of vances, the paper said, there 2020. mental efforts to alleviate world mankind or of the Church." remain many areas of discrimi- need. It is "high time," the paper nation. "However extensive the pro- said, "that as people we become "This leads to the further Copyright motion of family planning," the alert to the social and political unlawful acts of the few," the position paper said, "in the near vacuums around the world document continued. "We regard future the explosive population which are waiting to be filled with deep concern the subse- growth will bring the world and to the dangerous irrelevance quent hostility of large sections shortly to a food crisis of mam- of military means for filling of the white community. moth proportions, one which them . . . "Sensitivity to human suffer- poses inescapable threats to the "The present crisis is no less stability and growth of the na- urgent than the crisis of post- ing and indignities has turned tions and to the peace of the war Europe 20 years ago. The in many places to rejection. Yei; whole world." time has come when we must only a society concerned for the The bishops specifically re- make a frontal attack against dignity of every citizen can re- quested the Presiding Bishop to the scepticism that surrounds spond with creativity to the initiate conversations with lead- the concept of mutual aid. 'The demands of a changing world." Stx THE WITNESS EDITORIALS
It is a sad commentary on our own American The Irony of Wheeling episcopacy that a majority of them have been NOTHING could be more tragically ironic than stampeded by a handful of heresy-hunters to the outcome of the efforts at Wheeling to avert bring about this calamity. October 25, 1966, at a heresy trial for Bishop Pike. The bishops in Wheeling, West Virginia, the House of Bishops their anxiety to avoid damaging the "image" of covered itself with something less than glory, the Episcopal Church as a roomy and tolerant and and may well have initiated an era of ill-will broad-minded body adopted a statement so scath- and bitterness in our Church which has not ing in its attack upon the bishop's character that been known since the unedifying churchmanship he was forced to demand a formal investigation. controversies of the 19th century. publication. So we shall have a kind of heresy trial after We must register our great dismay. and all — and in the interlude have been treated to
reuse a revelation of the depths to which the majority for of the bishops will stoop to try to placate the heresy-hunters among their number. We are Move Toward Renewal
required shocked that Bishop Louttit, for example, should have been allowed to sit on a committee appointed THE AGENDA for the meeting of the House of to weigh his own charges. We are appalled that Bishops was released by the Presiding Bishop early in October. Among the dozen or more Permission after public statements had been made accusing him of irresponsibility, cheap vulgarity, a lack matters listed for discussion were "Theological of pastoral sensitivity, and other personal de- concerns in the Church today" and "The con- DFMS. / ficiencies Bishop Pike should have been given tinuing dialogue with contemporary theologians." only ten minutes in which to reply!
Church The moves toward renewal which were taken The only sign of hope is the statement of the before adjournment were a result of the discus- dissenting minority, which included such impres- sion of these two topics, and were not, as many Episcopal sive names as Stokes, DeWitt, Craine, Creighton, assumed, prompted by all the to-do about Bishop the Cadigan, Stark, Corrigan, William Marmion, Pike. of Barrett, Moore, and many others. Their state- ment is a moving document, evidence that some In any case one of the greatest scholars the bishops at least know something of the mood Episcopal Church has produced, and who was Archives of the latter half of the twentieth century. sunk over the treatment given Bishop Pike, when he read of this new plan, wrote us simply, 2020. So we are committed to the agonizing process "The news today is better." of a formal investigation, and the "image" of the Episcopal Church has been irreparably With that we naturally agree and are glad
Copyright damaged by the very leaders who sought to pre- that the meeting ended on a positive note. serve it. Bishop Louttit, who led the campaign against In the days preceding the meeting at Wheel- Bishop Pike, said that he and the others who ing the press reported the death of the "Red supported him agreed that the Church must Dean" of Canterbury, and we were led to reflect find new means of expression if it was to speak on the maturity of the mother Church of Eng- to modern society. "The formation of a coun- land in dealing with the eccentric and the cil," he said, "is a way of saying, 'Let's have a innovators among her clergy. Bishop Barnes group do what Bishop Pike has been trying to of Birmingham, Bishop Robinson of Woolwich, do all by himself.'" the "Red Dean" were never subjected to the Bishop Pike said he was delighted with the humiliation which Bishop Pike was subjected to move and added; "I've been trying to get us at Wheeling. talking about theology all along."
NOVEMBEH 10, 1966 Stven COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON BISHOP PIKE
PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS BY BISHOP ANGUS DUN AS CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE PRE- SIDING BISHOP AND APPROVED 104 TO 35
THE FACT has been widely publicized that a inquiry and of responsible, and even irresponsible number of Bishops of the Episcopal Church have attempts to restate great articles of faith in been prepared to initiate a formal trial of Bish- ways that would speak in positive terms to men op James A. Pike. Those who contemplated this of our own time. And we are confident that a action did so because they were deeply troubled great majority of our clergy and people are
publication. by certain utterances of Bishop Pike which they gratefully loyal to our good inheritance in a believed to be contrary to the clear teaching of Church catholic, evangelical and open. and this Church on basic aspects of our faith. Having taken this position regarding a trial, reuse When all of our Bishops were notified of this nevertheless, we feel bound to reject the tone for contemplated action, many were convinced that and manner of much that Bishop Pike has said it should not be taken without an opportunity as being offensive and highly disturbing within
required for corporate consideration by the House of the communion and fellowship of the Church. Bishops. The action was postponed; and the And we would dissociate ourselves from many meeting in which we are now engaged, has of his utterances as being irresponsible on the given an opportunity for formal and informal part of one holding the office and trust that he Permission consultation on the part of those of us present. shares with us. This statement, adopted by a majority of the His writing and speaking on profound realities
DFMS. House of Bishops, seeks to embody briefly the with which Christian faith and worship are con- / conclusions we have reached. cerned are too often marred by caricatures of It is our opinion that this proposed trial would treasured symbols and at the worst, by cheap Church not solve the problem presented to the Church vulgarization of great expressions of faith. by this minister, but in fact would be detriment- Irresponsibility al to the Church's mission and witness. Episcopal This judgment does not as such represent any WE ARE more deeply concerned with the irre- the sponsibility revealed in many of his utterances. of legal opinion on our part for or against any charges which might be brought against Bishop He has certainly spoken in a disparaging way Pike. of the Trinity, for example, and suggested that
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2020. MANY CONSIDERATIONS have led us to this might well be relieved. Yet he knows well that conclusion. We recognize that ideas and beliefs a triune apprehension of the mystery of God's can not be constrained by laws and penalties. being and action is woven into the whole fabric
Copyright This "heresy trial" would be widely viewed as of the creeds and prayers and hymnody of our a "throwback" to centuries when the law, in Episcopal Church, as it is into the vows of loyal- Church and state, sought to repress and penalize ty taken by our clergy at their ordination. It unacceptable opinions. It would spread abroad is explicit in our membership in the World Coun- a "repressive image" of the Church, and suggest cil of Churches and in our consultations on to many that we are more concerned with tradi- Church union with other major Churches. To tional propositions about God than with faith dissect it out of the stuff of our shared life as the response of the whole man to God. in Christ would indeed be a radical operation The language and the mysteries of the Chris- and to suggest such surgery is totally irrespon- tian faith are inescapably hardened when dealt sible. with in legal terms. We believe that our Church Mature and competent theologians have al- is quite capable of carrying the strains of free ways known that the language of profound faith
Eight THB WITNESS presents special problems. Silence is often more to the Doctrine, Discipline and Worship of this expressive of "the knowledge of God" than fa- Church and expressed his concern for the Epis- cile speaking. But men must seek to find words, copal brotherhood he shares with us. We wel- symbols, metaphors and parables to express comed that assurance and the hope it gave that their faith if they are to communicate and share the dynamic leadership with which he is en- it. The language of faith is frequently open to dowed might be used in such a way as to unimaginative and literalistic interpretations. strengthen our corporate life and witness. Ancient terms and formulas may cease to speak Nothing so troubles us now as the sense shared to men in later times. There is constant need by most of us that this hope was vain. for reinterpretation and recasting, especially in This is a hard thing to say — perhaps as a time of such rapid intellectual and social hard as what Bishop Pike has said of beliefs change as ours. treasured in the Church in whose service he Necessity of Freedom and we have been joined and honored. Doubtless FOR THIS TASK there must be freeedom, re- he would declare that he intended "to speak the sponsible freedom. But this calls for sensitive truth in love." We would say the same — in- pastoral care and for patient and reverent pene- deed we would acknowledge gratefully and sin- publication. tration into what hallowed word-forms have been cerely that there has been so much in his and trying to say. We find too little of this pastoral ministry among us in which we rejoice. concern and of this patient and reverent pene- Finally, we do not think his often obscure and reuse tration in many of Bishop Pike's utterances on contradictory utterances warrant the time and for the most sensitive themes. At the last meeting the work and the wounds of a trial. The Church of this House, Bishop Pike affirmed his loyalty has more important things to get on with. required
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Church THE 35 BISHOPS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE REPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE Episcopal the WE MINISTER in a time of rapid change in of which is a past that is altered with each new which many people are deeply disturbed. Old discovery of truth. cherished foundations are being shaken and the At the Anglican Congress in Toronto in 1963 Archives hope of what is to be is not yet clear. This is we explored the new frontiers that face the Church in its mission in our day. We happily 2020. an exciting time in which to live and a time agreed that there are frontiers of political and of great adventure. It is a time for the young social and technological and theological thought and for those who can speak to the young. and action confronting Christ's Church; and Copyright Bishop Pike has been disturbing, admittedly. that our mission is to pierce them. Few of us Often in his dialogues with the faithless, with have done so, in large part because of the risk involved and because of the danger of the task. youth, with adherents of other religious faiths he has spoken precipitously and with some risk. Bishop Pike has faced, often hurriedly, the demands, intellectual and theological of our time He would have preferred more time for con- in history, and we commend him for doing so. sideration, but the pace of our day does not al- If he has to be a casualty of the Christian mis- low us such time. We believe it is more sion in our day we regret that this is so. We important to be a sympathetic and self con- would rather hope that the Church may accept scious part of God's action in the secular world the cost and the risk and the joy of moving on than it is to defend the positions of the past, in its ministry to all that is to be.
NOVEMBEB 10, 1966 Nine THE LAY APOSTOLATE Frederick M. Norris Rector of St. Thomas Church, New York WITH THE ZEAL AND DEDICATION OF THE LAITY THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT THE CHURCH CAN DO
IF WE WERE ASKED to define the Church's tian action of its members when away from method of acting in the world, most of us would church premises and in their daily pursuits. use our Lord's similes. We would say that the Need to Speak Out Church is intended to be like leaven in a lump of dough, silently working its way into affect- THE CHURCH has been paralyzed to a great ing and altering the whole mass. Or we would extent, or at least sadly crippled, by a deep- rooted tradition of reticence and timidity on the publication. say the Church is intended to be like salt in a quantity of food not only enhancing the flavor part of lay people when it comes to speaking and of the whole amount but also preserving it from out in religious terms in their everyday affairs. It is supposed that only clergy are expected to reuse deterioration and decay. We would then go on be active in that sense and that the laity are to for to elaborate a bit by pointing out that the Church, as the fellowship of the forgiven, ga- remain passive except for paying the bills. It thers at regular intervals for worship and for has come to be regarded as bad taste for lay- required mutual support and encouragement of one an- men to talk in religious terms except at church other, then, enlightened and inspired, the mem- meetings. This results in a priest-ridden Church. The secularists and unbelievers speak out loudly bers of the fellowship disperse throughout the and insistently in proclaiming their views and Permission community to leaven and to salt the whole. values with almost no articulate opposition from In other words, the Church has long proceeded lay believers. on the assumption and in the belief that its lay DFMS. / membership, which means you who are in the We hear it said with repeated and increasing pews, comes to the sanctuary for periodic en- emphasis by those who are best qualified to evaluate the situation that the Church's impact Church lightenment, fresh assurance and renewed mo- tivation in order to go forth into the offices, upon contemporary society can become effective the homes, the schools, the shops, the meetings only when Christian laymen unite in groups outside church premises to plan a strategy for Episcopal of directors, of trustees, and of policy commit- their daily problems and responsibilities that is the tees, in management conferences and depart- of ments of government at all levels, to bring to avowedly and openly based upon religious values. bear the commandments and promises of our One might add that conscientious Christian lay- religion in every aspect of society. It is a very men and conscientious Hebrew laymen could well Archives sound and plausible theory based upon reason- join forces in such planning. As long as it sounds fantastic to speak of openly discussed able assumptions. 2020. religious values and obligations at directors' The only trouble is that it doesn't work — at meetings or in labor union conclaves or in the least not well or thoroughly. Entirely too much city council or any other routine gathering even
Copyright of the Church's energy and concern is devoted when many of the men are conscientious mem- to her own self preservation and expansion as bers of church or synagogue, how can we hope an institution whereas her first and chief pur- for an effective impact upon everyday affairs pose is to promote justice, to expand compassion of our society of that which we profess on Sun- and to express love in all aspects and relation- days? ships of human affairs — especially beyond her boundaries. Too many people define church It is certainly not for me to sit in judgement work exclusively in terms of ushering and serv- as though I were entirely disassociated from this ing on committees and raising funds and all state of affairs. I am a product of this culture that sort of intramural activity. Important and as much as any layman. I have been condi- necessary as such work is, it is less important tioned by these inhibitions and reticences which and lower in the list of priorities than the Chris- flourish so powerfully in our midst. It would Ten THE WITNESS be presumptuous of me to attempt to offer a strictly secular context, would fears and rival- specific blue-prints of how this dilemma might ries and exploitations and oppressions be in any be resolved in your particular situations. But degree mitigated? I believe I would be open to justified consure Deep Gulf Fixed and to deserved accusations of irrelevancy if I ALL OUR RELIGION is centered about the were to pretend that the problem is not there conviction that except the Lord build the house, or if I were to allow anyone to suppose that I they labor in vain who build. We listen to the am unaware of it or that I consider it less than many variations on this theme with solemn a matter of life and death for our society. agreement as we sit in church. Most of us who profess and call ourselves Christians really be- Basic Principles lieve this as we do so many other basic teach- ings. We honestly accept the fact of God's WE HAVE, as a people, gone very far in the supremacy and the necessity for recourse to him direction of appearing to believe that there is if our human society is to be saved. no immediate connection between business and religion, between politics and spiritual values, But the chasm between our convictions and publication. between diplomacy and the word of God. We profession on the one side and our everyday and agree, of course, that being a decent chap, being affairs on the other remains unbridged and with as honest as circumstances permit, being kind little evidence of determined attempt to bridge reuse and courteous as far as is practicable and being it. The old ways do not work. Much that we for a responsible citizen in civic, social welfare and have supposed to be the method intended, now community needs all go to make up what we stands revealed as impotent. More and more
required call Christian or religious living and that all thoughtful people are convinced that the an- that sort of thing is bringing religion and prac- swer lies with the laymen and that only as tical living together. And, so far as it goes, there comes to be a genuine, imaginative and that is perfectly true. But by and large I fear aggressive "lay apostolate" shall we see the Permission that the major decisions on policy and procedure power of the Church come into her own. It is in our economic, political, educational and gov- yours as lay people to find ways and means
DFMS. ernmental affairs are established without any whereby the affairs of daily life and business / open, conscious reference to basic religious prin- can be confronted more candidly and directly in ciples, without forthright acknowledgement of religious terms and in terms of human values Church God's supremacy in all the affairs of men and above the idolatrous position which we accord without emphatic reminders that God is always to success and prestige. It is yours to find ways the final fact to be reckoned with. and means for dealing with the kind of social Episcopal amnesia which permits such a large part of the I suppose the $64,000 question is, "Does it the privileged segments of society to be perpetually of really make any difference?" Would our busi- isolated from the exploited and oppressed ness, professional and governmental affairs be masses. greatly altered if we were able to insist that Archives religious principles and awareness of human I am glad to say that some of our parishioners responsibility to God and the availability of his are finding time and making opportunities for 2020. guidance were seriously considered under all visiting areas in the city where conditions exist circumstances? Would human relations be more that cannot be tolerated with complacency and rewarding and mutually considerate if the pres- seeking to join forces with the agencies that Copyright ence of God were invoked more habitually by all are directly involved with the attempts to al- concerned? If we were to be reminded more leviate the symptoms and to cure the causes of frequently by one another, as well as by the the sickness. Such direct and imaginative preachers, that all men are children of God and methods of outreach in the name of the Church that we share a basic unity which cuts across are the only hope for reformation and rebirth the cultural, racial and economic barriers which in contemporary Christendom and must be mul- men tend to magnify, would it help to relieve tiplied many times. some of the tensions and suspicions which pre- Finally it is yours to find opportunities and vail? If laymen spoke out more frequently and methods for being heard in support of the ecu- forcefully on the subject of God's sovereignty menical movement toward reunion of the Chur- and judgement, within what is now regarded as ches. There are all too many people in the
NOVEMBER 10, 1966 Eleven Episcopal Church, of whom, I am sorry to say, a great many are clergy, who continue to be The Escalation of MRI preoccupied with denominational and partisan By William B. Spofford Jr. matters from a bygone era and to make idols Dean, St. Michael's Cathedral, Boise, Idaho of our heritage of cult and order and to be over- LET ME SAY, straightway, that I, personally, ly scrupulous about what they choose to regard am convinced that MRI is a good thing. I as heresy or orthodoxy. thought so when it was broached in Toronto; Need for Action and I approved of it at the General Convention in St. Louis; and, indeed, believed in it when I THE LATEST OUTCRY on the trail of Bishop was raised in a rectory and went to an Episcopal Pike is a tragic example of this. The bishops prep school and it was called "the great com- seeking to bring him to trial are not among the mission" or, more plainly, the Gospel of Love. great leaders in our Church. They are moti- Now it doesn't matter much whether I, as chair- vated, I fear, by a combination of personal re- man of the committee on mission of Idaho's sentment and false concepts of prestige. Some bishop's cabinet, am convinced or not. The rest publication. of them are small guage men. of the bunch are and this happens to be an as- and We can no longer afford the luxury of divi- signment they've handed to me. So we've sion nor indulge in endless debate over matters packed drugs for Matabeleland and tried to raise reuse that are not of the essence. The world lies money so that lay catechists might be trained for bleeding by the side of the road and we must in Southern Rhodesia. We've also had hours of not be guilty of playing the part of the priest conferencing with delegates from the Canadian
required and the Levite passing by on the other side else diocese of Kootenay both in Idaho and in British we pass on to certain death and deserved de- Columbia and, hopefully, next spring sometime struction. The laity is desperately needed. Your this will all eventuate into some kind of com- part is critically important. Without your re- panionship arrangement whereby we can get on Permission surgent initiative and zeal and dedication, the a person-to-person basis. All of this has in- cause is lost. With it there is no limit to what volved work, which seemed necessary and sig-
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/ nificant. I call upon you to make yourselves heard and But suddenly, in the last four weeks, the work to insist that the leadership of the Episcopal has become harder and, I'm afraid, my feelings Church Church either "put up or shut up" in the matter have become mixed. This is due to the fact of Church reunion. There are plenty of leaders that there has been an escalation of MRI ma- who believe in it. I am convinced that the ma- terial across my desk. It wouldn't be so bad if Episcopal jority do. But entirely too much attention has I would get one copy of this expensive stuff, the been paid in the past to the vociferous minority of but somehow or other I get two to four copies that screams about preserving our "catholicity" of each mailing. I've tried to stop it, truly. Each every time the question of reunion comes up. time the excess mailing comes bearing not only
Archives We shall either "put up" or be by-passed by the the expensive brochures but a twenty-five cent onward sweep of the ecumenical movement in stamp, I've mailed them back and tried to point 2020. which even the Roman Church now moves with out the following fact: a new spirit of love and grace. When we first entered into a project for pro- God is determined to achieve his purpose and gress with Matabeleland, one of the areas of Copyright he will allow nothing to stand in his way in- work was to set up pen-pals in that beleaguered definitely — not even our beloved Episcopal diocese. We wanted to know more about our Church. Our Lord promised that the gates of fellow Christians there as people. We started hell shall not prevail against his Church for out with the best intentions until, at a certain those gates shall be stormed and breached until juncture, the bishop of that place, a most sin- hell is vanquished. And if he does that he will cere, committed and courageous fellow, made also storm and breach the gates of Episcopal the point that, for us, a five cent stamp was, reaction and conservatism without the slightest simply, a five cent stamp. But for many of compunction. Through those who trust him his parishioners it might be the equivalent of there is no limit to the mighty acts he will ten meals for starving bellies. That one item, perform in the process of redeeming his world. for us, made a forceful point vis-a-vis the dif-
Twelve THE WITNESS ference between affluence and poverty. So, dead; others plead for religionless Christianity we've not sent many letters to Matabeleland but, and theological students in England have fallen rather, have tried to just raise some money off 40% ! Organized Christianity is on retreat which they could use, and to say prayers for everywhere — Asia, Africa, Boston, London, them daily in the cathedral. Paris and St. Louis. Is it a wonder that some Today, the MRI sent me a good, fancy book- let, and the postage was 35^ or, if you will, 75 radio stations panic and ban the Beatles and meals for some rather hungry kid. I took the burn their tapes and records? pamphlet over to the cathedral's rack and hope Perhaps we can respond more creatively to to God somebody will pick it up, and perhaps the Beatles' observation. The Epistle for Ad- put a buck or two into a special envelope marked vent III reminds us of the judgment under MRI — Matabeleland. which we live. When Paul wrote I Corinthians I am not so naive as not to know that Gen- he was on the spot. The "locals" were squab- eral Convention is coming up and that P.R. has bling, attacking and testing his leadership. Paul to go to work. All my stuff, however, comes responds — as we should to the Beatles' hon- publication. marked first class, implying that I wouldn't esty — "Let's remind ourselves of whom we and read it if it didn't get this kind of attention. are. We're servants of Christ (underlings of Really, friends, I would .... as a matter of his) and stewards of the whole plan of salva- reuse fact, from now on, if you'll mark it MRI, and tion. Our call is to be faithful, for what we for send it the cheapest rate possible, I'll read it possess is not our own but a gift of God." more avidly. I might even be able to share it Hence Paul says "it's a very small thing that required with some others in the Church without feeling I should be judged of you or of a man's judg- embarrassed. And, for the sake of some ment." Paul differentiates between opinion desperate kids, cut out the duplicates. and judgment. For him judgment is final, like
Permission There, I feel better that of a court. Neither his brother nor the community had this ultimate power. A higher judgment for Paul — and for catholic morality DFMS. / —is one's own conscience but Paul doesn't close John Lennon his argument on individual conscience. "Let Church your conscience be your guide" can be used to defend almost any action we take "But he that May be Right judgeth me is the Lord." God's love expressed
Episcopal By W. Murray Kenney in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is the Rector of Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass. the judgment under which Paul lives now and of in the end. Paul's competency to make Chris- "STATIONS BAN BEATLES for Jesus Remark" tian judgment is in the measure that he stands in Jesus' footsteps. Archives —read the headline last summer. "We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know who will Thus we accept Mr. Lennon's opinion as an
2020. go first, rock 'n roll or Christianity. Jesus was irritant to raise questions about who we are and all right but his disciples were thick and ordi- under what standards we live and act. The nary." Beatles judge things and institutions from the
Copyright Beatle John Lennon was absolutely correct. numbers they draw, the money they make and The Beatles are, Sandy Koufax is, the com- the changes that occur in peoples lives. Chris- munist party is, Humphrey Bogart is, many tians do not accept profits and numbers as individuals and movements have been or are gauges of success. We do worry about change more popular than Jesus. A Roman Catholic —conversion — from what to what, from whom Monsignor — upon re-examination of photo- to whom and why? graphs of the Turin Shroud—reports that Jesus Perhaps the Beatles are inviting us to a new was only 5' 3" — even shorter than John Len- faith, to sing and dance our way into new heavens. non Beatle! The Beatle also said "Christianity This might help us think back and go back — will go — it will vanish and shrink away." like the Prodigal Son — to a loving Father in Again Lennon may be correct, prophetic — he whose arms we may find love, refreshment, new stands in good company. Some exclaim God is life and may be a bit of hope.
NOVEMBEK 10, 1966 Thirteen not experienced the hard and often tions, peace and war, and the role dangerous work of research. If each of the Church in the international one knows that he is permitted to community. I may say, as an aside, - NEW BOOKS - express his opinions with wholesome that this and other documents of E. John Mohr freedom, he will act with the the Council can be purchased straightforwardness and sincerity separately, as well as all together Book Editor that should shine in the Church; in one paperback volume. They otherwise the abominable plague of should be widely read. In some of dishonesty and hypocrisy can hard- our parishes copies are now avail- THE FOURTH SESSION, by ly be avoided" (p. 94). And there able in quantity and are being care- Xavier Rynne. Farrar, Straus were others. fully studied by interested groups. and Giroux. $5.50 These were truly heroic state- I lectured to one in California last Xavier Rynne's four volume rec- ments, and of real historical im- winter. ord of the Vatican Council is a portance for the whole of Chris- The discussion of anti-Semitism, superb achievement and will for tendom and for the world. When, and the hazardous career of the ever remain one of its chief his- if ever, have such words been heard statement, ended in what is per- torical sources. The Council began in the General Convention of the haps not as clear and forceful a in October 1962 and ended in Episcopal Church, or in the similar statement as could be wished, but December 1965. There were hun- assemblies of any other Protestant one that is nevertheless a tremen- dreds of speeches and weeks of Church? It is earnestly to be hoped dous step for Rome as a whole. It that the religious and intellectual would be an equally long stride publication. laborious debate and rewriting of every one of its sixteen official renewal within Catholicism will forward in many other Churches and documents. These documents are of spread to all other Churches, and and in many countries where anti- varying length, weight, and impor- the "pastoral" approach be adopted Judaism has been ingrained in tance. The most important are in place of the antiquated, argu- whole populations from childhood. reuse doubtless those on the Liturgy, on mentative, dogmatic, stuffy views Slowly, very slowly, the world is for Scripture and Tradition, on the that dominate not only our con- coming to rid itself of this loath- Church, on the Church and the siderations of Church unity but even some poison that injuries and crip- Modern World, and the declarations the practical problems of daily ples the lives of multitudes and living. Rome has set a great exam- reacts diabolically upon those who required on Religious Liberty and on Anti- Semitism. Every one of these is ple, even though we continue to absorb and disseminate it. Soon, viewed as a compromise by some pride ourselves on being more ad- let us hope, the whole world will persons or groups. But this is in- vanced than our ancient mother! reject the "teaching of contempt" that degrades whole peoples, not evitable in legislation by debate and The present volume contains an Permission by ballot, whether ecclesiastical or only in their hatred of the Jews civil. And there has been great illuminating sketch of the interval but of any and all other dissenting progress from 1962 to 1965. Stal- between Sessions III and IV, and groups. There are dangers enough then proceeds to the events of the facing civilization today without
DFMS. wart, even heroic figures emerged / at the beginning and maintained opening days in the final assembly, crippling the responsible nations the creation of the Synod of Bish- with race-hatred. their leadership throughout. Others ops, a triumph in a modified "epis- joined them. The Council majority copalism" that must encourage all The identity of "Xavier Rynne" Church was uniformly in favor of progress, episcopalians throughout the world, is still a mystery. The name is a of advance, of realism. But the in the Anglican Communion and pseudonym, we are told. Myself, I debates in 1965 could not have also in other Churches similarly think he is a small committee, and taken place in the same terms at organized. It marks the end of a that his literary style can be an- Episcopal the first session. Four annual ses- sions had seen a slow but steady struggle and the solution of a prob- alyzed as the product of at least the reorientatio.n of the largest Chris- lem that has vexed the Roman three brilliant minds working in of Church since the third century. The unison. tian body in the world. debate on Religious Liberty also As a last and choicest portion at began early in this session, and the feast, the author(s?) gives us Towards the last came such out- ended just in time for Pope Paul's a brief chapter entitled "Toward Archives spoken addresses as the one by the visit to the United Nations and his Vatican Council III". This sums Bishop of Cuernavaca in favor of magnificent speech on world-peace up broadly the achievements to date psychoanalysis (p. 77), and the
2020. delivered there. and outlines the progress and direc- Bishop of Edmonton's rejection of tion the Church now appears to be the notion popular in some areas The most important debate in the pursuing under the leadership of that the Church "has all the an- final session was on Schema 13, Pope Paul. Protestants will rec- swers" to all human problems. "On "The Church in the Modern World"
Copyright ognize many a turn of thought in the contrary," he said, "the Church (Sept. 22—Oct. 7). In its final this prognosis, for example the [is] a humble servant sincerely form this document is one of the maxim Ecclesia semper reformata seeking to approach the source of best formulations of Christian social (p. 264): "The Church must always divine and human knowledge and standards and principles that our be in process of reformation." But spurning the aid of others" (p. 59). generation has seen. Readers of even apart from the future, and Another outstanding speech was one The Witness will be specially inter- looking back only on the Council's by the new Archbishop of Milan, ested in its clear exposition of the actual achievements and not its Pope Paul's successor. It was a Christian conception of man, his promise of things to come, we can noble appeal for freedom of re- vocation, the human community, the like St. Paul "thank God and take search, especially historical (p. 93): significance of human activity in courage." "Even in the theological sciences, the world, the role of the Church, many things must be subjected to Marriage and the Family, the ad- — FREDERICK C. GRANT revision with progress of research, vancement of culture (including Dr. Grant, an Anglican observer and the sphere of things susceptible both education and welfare), Eco- at the first Vatican Council session, of various opinions is much broader nomic and Social Life, the political is the author of "Rome and Re- than is realized by those who have community, the community of na- Union", Oxford University Press. Fourteen , THB WITNESS BUTLER IS INDUCTED the church and is not listed part, condoning instead "a AT TRINITY PARISH among its rectors. strange and almost sickly inac- Dr. Butler is the 14th rector tion and calm" while the war, in • The Rev. John V. Butler, and succeeds the Rev. John progressive steps, intensifies. formerly the dean of the Cathe- Huess who died suddenly earli- By contrast to their dominant dral of St. John the Divine, was er this year. role in the civil rights fight, inducted rector of Trinity Par- Churches are playing a "minor" ish on November 1. CRACKDOWN ON WAR and "ineffective" role in bearing The traditional ceremony, BY CHURCHMEN down Hunter asserted. which dates back to days when • A National Council of Chur- He described the Church, in colonial governors inducted rec- ches official and a Roman this realm at least, as "a rud- tors in the name of English Catholic bishop issued separate derless craft driven before the kings or queens, took place be- appeals to churchmen to arouse winds." He based one of his fore the sculptured bronze door the country's conscience on the major objections to U.S. involve- of the church at Broadway and entire question of the Viet- ment in Vietnam on the premise Wall Street, New York. namese war. that the issue is essentially a publication. Frederick E. Hasler, senior The pleas were made at the political one facing the Viet- and warden, handed the new rector annual meeting of the Catho- namese and the U.S. as well. a small bag containing some lic association for international "To meet a political threat with reuse large brass keys which fit not peace by David R. Hunter, an the use of force is an immoral for only the doors of Trinity but Episcopal minister who said he act," he reasoned. America's also doors of the six chapels was speaking only for himself true reason for fighting in Viet- which make up the parish. and not for his Church or the nam, he said, is to check Com- required Dr. Butler in receiving them NCC, of which he is deputy gen- munistic takeover — as he said: "I accept the keys and eral secretary; and Bishop John viewed it, a political situation. with them the temporalities, J. Wright of Pittsburgh. He called on Christians to profits and appurtenances of the
Permission Hunter maintained that no probe and proclaim the moral rectorship, and by the grace of matter how sincere Americans God I will faithfully perform the law "until it becomes a fire in are in their belief that the U.S. our souls." Then, he argued,
DFMS. duties of my office, so long as / is justified in the Vietnamese the Church will be listened to it may please God to continue war effort, they are "devilishly me in it." wrong." and will become an effective Church He then turned the lock of one "This is an act of immorality force in determining the ques- of the massive doors and began which our nation must repent," tion of war and peace. to push it open. "It worked", he stated. he said, as if surprised, in the Episcopal Bishop Wright reiterated his only ad lib of the ceremony. He the call for a "theology of peace," IF YOU ARE NOT NOW of then walked down the center asserting that Christendom has aisle to the chancel steps where failed to produce such a the- A SUBSCRIBER TO he gave a blessing. ology and has offered an anemic THE WITNESS Archives Then a service of institution substitute. was held, beginning with a pro- "We have thus far failed to May We Suggest the 2020. cession of vergers, vicars, ward- produce what civilization has a Use of this Coupon ens, bishops and clergymen of right to expect of us," the bish- all faiths. The letter of institu- op declared. "That is a sound tion was read by Bishop Horace THE WITNESS Copyright theology of peace. Instead of Donegan, diocesan of New York. building an organic climate for Tunkhannock, Pa. 18667 Trinity Parish, which has an peace, we have settled for mere Enclosed please find $4 for my endowment of about $50-million wishful thinking." subscription for one year as well as extensive land-hold- This substitute for a dynamic ings, was chartered in 1697 by theology Bishop Wright de- Name King William 2nd. It was a scribed as "a largely sentimental "chapel royal" which meant that hatred of war," not an active Street its affairs were managed direct- stand against it. ly by the crown. The first rec- Hunter made it clear to the City tor was the Rt. Rev. Henry conferees, including priests, Compton, the lord bishop of nuns, and laity, that he felt the State Zip London. But he never visited Churches are not doing their
NOVEMBER 10, 1966 FURTHER PROTESTS between Church and govern- Pa.; William Marmion of SW. ABOUT CDGM ment is essential to a successful Va.; Leland Stark of Newark: * Cutting off funds for the war on poverty. That team Ned Cole of Central N.Y.; Paul Head Start program in Mis- work can only be based upon Moore of Washington; Kilmer sissippi by the Office of Eco- mutual responsibility and faith- Myers of Mich, and soon dioce- nomic Opportunity was fully fulness to the principles of san of Calif.; John Burgess of reported in these pages in the maximum feasible participation Mass. October 20 issue. of the poor as exemplified by On October 27 high ranking Later seven Episcopal bishops the Child Development Group officials of two other major de- send a telegram to Sargent of Mississippi." nominations reaffirmed their Shriver, head of OEO, in which Signing the telegram were support of CDGM and reminded they asserted that "team work the following: Robert DeWitt of Sargent Shriver that they have "tried to be reasonable, tactful and responsible" in dealings with OEO. The message to the OEO di- rector was in reply to a letter publication. from Mr. Shriver published in and the New York Times October Westminster 25, in which he had charged reuse clergymen with "impugning the for motives of a public official be- books on 20th-century fore ascertaining the facts." Mr. Shriver's letter also stated that required spokesmen for a group of 73 Christianity clergymen who had picketed OEO on October 14 had apolo- gized "for any action of theirs Permission The Church in the Prediction and which impugned my honesty or integrity" and implied that the
DFMS. Thought of Bishop Fulfillment spokesmen had withdrawn their / John Robinson in the Bible support of the Head Start pro- By RICHARD P. MCBHIEN. A Ro- By GURDON G. OXTOBY. This book gram in Miss, which has gen- Church man Catholic priest offers the first gives the Christian concept of erated controversy since OEO complete, systematic study of all '"fulfillment" a much wider mean- the writings of the Anglican au- ing than the mere objective real- announced October 2 that the thor of Honest to God. With a ization of a forecast — thereby program would be discontinued. Foreword by Bishop Robinson clearing up many difficulties re- Episcopal himself. $3.95 garding Biblical prophecy. Paper- Officials of the United Church bound, $2.45 the of Christ and the United Pres- of Life Without byterian Church, wired Mr. Pastoral Shriver; "We regret that you Living" protest so loudly about your Archives PEOPLE OF THE INNER Counseling personal integrity and ignore CITY in Social Problems the issue we raise, for it is the 2020. By JAMES A. CITTINGS. Blending fictionalized fact, straight report- EXTREMISM, RACE, SEX, integrity of the whole nature ing, and verse, this "odd brew of DIVORCE of the poverty program which a book" (in the author's own we are deeply concerned about, phrase) vividly portrays slum life By WAYNE E. OATES. Here are Copyright in America today. It holds up for counseling approaches on four so- of which CDGM is the crucial inspection the most urgent social cial quandaries which are of burn- example today. problems—the mood of alienation, ing importance today, but on especially—which the church and which specific focus has been "Let us clarify for you and the Great Society alike must now lacking in the literature of pas- the public the fact that we have confront. Paperbound, $2.45 toral care. Paperbound, $1.75 not in any way diminished our support of CDGM ... We are •Ik Now at your bookstore THE WESTMINSTER PRESS® totally committed to an appreci- Witherspoon Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 ation of the achievements of CDGM, under the circumstances they have had to face and we urge your office to provide full funding for CDGM. We deplore
Sixteen THB WITNESS the changing policy of the Of- The consecrator and celebrant led a procession of civic digni- fice of Economic Opportunity of the eucharist was Presiding taries into the service and also from maximum participation of Bishop John E. Hines. The gave a brief talk from a portable the poor to maximum super- other consecrators were Bishop lectern at floor level in the vision of the poor. Robert F. Gibson Jr. of Virgin- front of the sanctuary. "We have tried to be reason- ia, and Bishop Gerald F. Roman Catholic, Eastern Or- able, tactful and responsible in Burrill of Chicago. thodox and Jewish clergy were our attempts to communicate Bishop Hall's first official act included in the processional with you regarding our support was to leave for West Virginia, that opened the service. of CDGM. Letters to set the with his fellow bishops, for the St. Paul's Chapel, reputedly record straight have been in meeting of the House of Bish- the oldest public building in your hands for some time. Yet ops, held in Wheeling, his home Manhattan, is a graceful Georgi- our spokesmen and our evidence town. an classic structure in the heart are being misinterpreted by of what is now New York's sources in your office . . . We ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL financial district. It is one of only ask you to prove your good MARKS 200TH YEAR six chapels which are a part of publication. faith through the function of * St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Trinity Parish. and your funding processes for Parish, where George Washing- Following the first Presi- CDGM, instead of through the ton worshipped during his first dential inauguration, April 30, reuse function of your public relations term as President, celebrated its 1789, President Washington, for processes." 200th anniversary with cere- both houses of Congress and the The churchmen further monies led by both secular and Cabinet attended special thanks- stressed their understanding of religious figures. p-iving services at St. Paul's. required "the inevitable difficulties and Presiding Bishop John E. The first President continued to problems created by the de- Hines preached the sermon at worship there regularly while velopment of new leadership the service. New York's Mayor New York City served as the
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NOVEMBEB 10, 1966 Seventeen A chalice given the church by a special convention. An earlier the same time to be a Protes- King George III in 1766 was convention, on Oct. 8, ended in tant is the rightful vocation of used for holy communion dur- a deadlock when it failed to each one of us ... It is not ing the anniversary celebration. agree on a candidate. the vocation of some to be the Heroes of the American Revolu- preservers and of others to be tion lie buried in the church- With his election, Dr. Martin yard. became the second Negro to be the protestors. In each of us elected a bishop of a diocese of must be the preserver and the NEW APPOINTMENTS the Church in the United States. protestor — in one and tha IN BETHLEHEM The first was Bishop John M. same person." • The Rev. Edward W. Stiess, Burgess, Suffragan of Mas- director of education of the sachusetts. diocese of Bethlehem, will be- A native of South Carolina, come the new archdeacon Bish- Dr. Martin was educated at Al- op Frederick J. Warnecke has len University, Columbia, S.C., announced. He will succeed the and Bishop Payne Divinity publication. former archdeacon, Dean T. School in Virginia. He also
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Eighteen THE WITNESS VIETNAM RESOLUTION the general board of the NCC. ment, pointed out that creation TONED DOWN A key objector to the original of the independent diocese "in statement was Suffragan Bish- no way represents any retreat •k The Bishops expressed con- op for the Armed Forces Arnold on our part from fullest bro- cern over the "anguish" caused M. Lewis, who recently returned therhood with the Episcopal by the Vietnam war for all in- from a second tour of military Church in Cuba." volved and praised efforts of installations in Vietnam within government leaders to end the "Our intention in doing this," 10 months. conflict through negotiation. he said, "was to set them free Bishop Lewis maintained that from any relationship with Unanimously adopting a the document contained several the American Church which statement which was a greatly- "false premises" and was "not could be potentially harassing revised version of a more speci- worthy of this house." and even dangerous for them." fic original document, the house issued a plea to U.S. officials Among those urging a strong Members of the metropolitan to "continue to strive to develop statement on the Vietnam war council for the diocese are Arch- broader latitude in the give-and- was Bishop Pike. He emphasized bishop Howard Clark of Ru- take of the process of genuine to his fellow bishops that the pertsland, primate of Canada; publication. reconciliation." house's statement would be Archbishop Alan Knight of the under close observation. West Indies, bishop of Guana, and The statement urged support and Bishop Melchor Saucedo, of "all humanitarian efforts, "It cannot fail to be noticed,"
reuse suffragan of the district of especially those of Church he said, "that we can spend
for Mexico. world service so that such wit- much time here on my real or ness may not only help relieve supposed faults and yet are de- The only parallel for the new suffering, but also assist in termined to remain silent on the Cuban diocese is the diocese of required creating an atmosphere in which most grievous moral question in Hong Kong, which was sepa- reconciliation may be achieved." which our nation and people are rated from its parent Church Prayers were asked "for our involved — namely the destruc- in China and functions under tion of and burning alive of the trusteeship of the council of Permission country, for the people of Viet- the Church of Southeast Asia. nam, for all engaged in military persons in Vietnam." action, for the peace of the Bishop Lewis, in an interview Bishop Bayne made clear that DFMS. / world and for the reconciliation later, said that there is "a lot Episcopal Church support for of all God's people." of fuzzy thinking in the U.S. Anglican and "other Churches about Vietnam and the talk of in Cuba through the World Church The final statement was adopted only after deletion of escalation." Council of Churches will con- tinue undiminished." passages which called for an "This is a military mattei, end to military escalation of the "The time may come," he Episcopal not a political one," the bishop war and said that civilian cas- said. "We are moving militari- said, "when (Cuban Anglicans) the
of ualties are exceeding the num- ly and we need more troops. . . . are able and will want to ber of military casualties. This should be in the hands of resume full companionship with The original document also military leaders and no civilian the Episcopal Church in this
Archives urged "cessation of bombing and group can decide." country. We would find this a military action which result in happy choice, should they wish
2020. the killing of non-combatants." CHURCH IN CUBA to make it. For the moment, Another part of the draft HAS NEW SET UP they must be equipped with the statement, which was dropped, full freedom they need to con- * The House of Bishops tinue their heroic witness with- Copyright asked that all participants in the war "including the Nation- voted unanimously for creation in their troubled nation." al Liberation Front" share in of an autonomous Anglican di- "any negotiations" for peace. ocese of Cuba, formerly a mis- Bishop William Crittenden of sionary district of the Ameri- Holy Matrimony Erie strongly supported the can Church. statement as first presented. He To be headed by a metropoli- Hugh McCandless said that not to pass it was tan council comprised of Bish- Rector of the Church of the Epiphany letting down not only U. Thant ops of Canada, the West Indies New York City of the UN but also the National and Mexico, the diocese has AN EXPLANATION OF THE Council of Churches and de- about 75,000 members in 52 PRAYER BOOK SERVICE clared that he felt so strongly parishes with 31 priests. 25c a copy $2 for ten on the subject that he might Bishop Stephen F. Bayne THE WITNESS have to resign as a member of director of the overseas depart- Tunkhannock, Fa. 18657 Schools of the Church
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