Show Is religious dancing a pagan pageant dr norman Cu thrle rector of st marks in the lie Boti werle new york city Is 14 it local center around which one of the modernist n storms storing Is raging while there are doubtless wheels within wheels to the ho controversy the cause of the open break appears to have been religious dance pageant setting forth the wonter wonder and glory of the incarnation at any rate lit itt rev ilov W T manning bishop of now new york tins has decreed that the church bo be deprived dop rIved of episcopal Eills eopal visitations and ministration as aa tile tho result Y of tile the religious dance apparently Z s dr guthries Guth rles wardens and vestry stand with him inasmuch na as it Is announced that the rector had planned two nio more re pagan pageants and ono one 0 ritual A group of clergymen in the new york diocese made tho the following comment on the bishops action i I 1 1111 bishop manning Is our father in god and it would ill become us to crit leize what hr he tins has done in making an interpretation ns as to the legality or illegality of holding a rell glou page tint in a church lie ho wits waa acting not only within ills his constitutional rights but in fulfillment of ills consecration vow ile he chose tile the stricter course und and penalized the for disobedience to ills judgment whether lie ho Is correct in ills interpretation of the law can be determined only after dr guthrie has been tried by a court of ills his peers from whose verdict there Is an appeal to the court of review composed of clergy and laity drawn from the dioceses of the eastern united states |