Sectarianism is a lasso to trip up and hobble high church and low church Episcopalians. In 1929 Bishop William Thomas Manning stoutly refused to permit a Christian Unity League service in St. George's Church, Manhattan, because Presbyterian Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin was to have helped officiate. Bishop Manning and other strict Episcopalians hold tightly to Apostolic Succession, refusing to accept sacraments administered by other sectarians. Year ago in St. Louis Cathedral was held another Christian Unity League service. Genial Bishop Frederick Foote Johnson (called "Shorty" because he is towering tall) and...
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