Posted on 08/21/2019 1:01:13 PM PDT by lightman
I’ll check that out. Thank you!
I detest the religious left. These so called “churches” are forces of evil.
They’re not “religious” in Christian terms by any stretch.
Yep! I called the ones on the “right” “Socialist conservatives” years ago.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen...
” His mother, Nelle, was an active member of the Disciples of Christ Church, and was known as a active volunteer and helper for worthy causes. His father, Jack, was of Irish Catholic background”.
Somewhere along the way, RR became Presbyterian
As a young man. Later he associated with other churches.
Actually, the church was split in 1054 AD, with Rome going its own way.
At one time, DOC might have considered Indianapolis to be its’ center although uncertain now. Their historical society wasin Nashville which ironically is sortof “ground zero” for the Churches of Christ.
IIRC, he was raised Protestant.
Disciples of Christ, then Eureka College then pastor Don Moomaw, a Presbyterian, was his closest religious advisor in CA.
Thanks for that, LS.
RE Reagan:
His momma was Disciple of Christ, poppa was Irish Catholic.
Evidently, Ronaldus Magnus was baptized into the DoC faith, at least according to Wikpedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
This is correct. There was a fight between Nelle and Jack over whether to raise RR as a Catholic. Nelle won.
However, as soon as he went to Hollywood, RR stopped going to a Disciples of Christ church. It’s not clear what churches he attended-—if any-—as an actor. There appears to be a general falling away from about 1934-1960. There is no evidence that he and Jane Wyman went to church much, if at all, nor where.
By the early 1960s, Reagan had become friends with Donn Moomaw, a Presbyterian minister who became his “spiritual advisor.” From that point on, he tended to go to the Presbyterian church. His general theology was basic salvation by faith, confession of the Lord Jesus, etc. In Sacramanto, though, there is again little evidence of him attending church. He began to attend church in D.C., but then stopped out of concerns for safety and convenience of other parishoners. Reagan and Moomaw remained in close contact.
The best book on this is “God and Ronald Reagan” by Paul Kengor. I have included as much as I could in my “Reagan: The American President.”
What is important about RR is not his church affiliation or attendance, but his private papers and even National Security Council meetings where he repeatedly spoke of God, Armageddon, and the need to eliminate nukes.
I drove by a church yesterday that had a sign on the door: “Police may not enter this building without a valid warrant.” It was a Disciples of Christ church. I suspect “the Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens, General Minister and President” would be pleased. I think they need to buy cats and use their numbers to keep the denomination numbers up.
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