Religion: Trends Jul. 30, 1923

"No Worldly Altars." Bishop Manning has ordered the removal of the radio amplifier which was recently placed on the high altar of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan. Because of the great size of the Cathedral, an amplifier is really necessary for those who wish not only to see but to hear the communion service. But Bishop Manning ordered the amplifier removed from the high altar, as carrying modernism into too sacred a place, where only the cross and candlesticks and sacred vessels of the communion service belong. " Besides,...

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