Religion: Lambeth, 1948

In Canterbury's high-vaulted Cathedral, a fanfare of trumpets cracked the chilly air. On either side of the choir stood 314 bishops, in full Episcopal regalia. Down the center aisle came a solemn single file: a black-robed verger, a crucifer, church dignitaries in black and scarlet, the tanned, white-topped "Red Dean" of Canterbury, 14 archbishops and finally the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury himself. The choir, in soaring descant, sang the words of Psalm 122—"I was glad when they said unto me: let us go into the house of the Lord."

"Guidance" Only. So, with churchly pomp & ceremony, began the eighth Lambeth...

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