Heirloom #19
by Will Frank
The public learned of the attempt to restart a Unitarian church in Norfolk by the following announcement in the _Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch_ of Saturday, December 14, 1929. It tried to attract open-minded and even skeptical people from within the Christian tradition, which was dominant in Norfolk. Note that there was no mention of Unitarianism or the intention to start a church. But from inquisitive and free-thinking people could come a congregation that could connect with the Unitarian tradition. Here is the announcement in its entirety:
MODERNIST BIBLE LECTURES
(Illustrated)
A Reverent, Non-Sectarian Interpretation of the
Scriptures in the Light of Modern Knowledge.
By Rev. Frank W. Pratt, D.D.
Of Richmond
in the
Municipal Auditorium
Monticello Avenue
Sunday Evenings at 8:00 P. M.
December 15 to January 19 inclusive
Stereopticon Slides – Opportunity for Questions
First Lecture Tomorrow at 8:00 PM on
“THE MAKING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT”
Do You Know
The Oldest book in the Bible? The latest? A law
given 800 years before Moses? The difference
in the creation stories? How the books
of the Old Testament were selected?
Hear these and many other questions presented
in a way all can understand. Learn what
the great Bible scholars of the world have
found out about the Book of Books?
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Future Topics (8 P.M.)
Dec 22 – The Making of the New Testament
Dec 29 – The Moral and Religious Development In the Bible
Jan 5 – The Ancient Manuscripts and the Making Of the Hebrew and Greek Texts of the Bible
Jan 12 – Is the Bible Infallible
Jan 19 – How We Got Our English Bible
Admission Free No Collection