Ms. Pople said she had been recruiting support from liberal clergy but had avoided churches like Mr. Lucas's.

All these works were perfectly orthodox, and aided in drawing the liberal clergy into the movement which has resulted since his time in the unification of Italy.

But despite this show of cooperation between the liberal clergy and the reformers, the First Majlis revealed deep divisions.

Darwin's theory had convinced almost every naturalist within 20 years of its publication in 1858, and was making serious inroads with the public and the more liberal clergy.

On the other hand, Lustiger's nomination was soon seen as a defeat by liberal French clergy.

When appointed to Paris he encouraged some liberal clergy to return to the lay state.

The basic idea is that the untrained masses cannot be expected to comprehend a confusing world on their own, so the liberal clergy will translate for them.

The tiniest deviation from liberal Scripture will be ferreted out and the apostate will be held up to ridicule by the liberal clergy.

Not surprisingly, Cox's activism and his writings have made him a hero of the liberal clergy.

During the 1960s, Hadden studied and wrote about the involvement of liberal Protestant clergy in the Civil Rights Movement.