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”’Halford Edward Luccock”’ ( |
”’Halford Edward Luccock”’ () was a prominent American [[Methodist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] and professor of [[homiletics]] at [[Yale Divinity School]]. |
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Luccock was born in [[Pittsburgh]], the son of a [[Bishops in Methodism|Methodist bishop]], and was ordained in the [[Methodist Episcopal]] ministry in 1910.<ref name=”nytobit”>{{cite news |title=Rev. H.E. Luccock, Professor at Yale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/11/06/archives/rev-he-luccock-professor-at-yale.html |access-date=2 December 2025 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 6, 1960}}</ref> |
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His statements in his sermon “Keeping Life Out of Confusion”, at the [[Riverside Church]] in [[New York City]] on 11 September 1938, have been widely quoted. He declared: |
His statements in his sermon “Keeping Life Out of Confusion”, at the [[Riverside Church]] in [[New York City]] on 11 September 1938, have been widely quoted. He declared: |
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He wrote a column in ”[[The Christian Century]]” for many years under the pseudonym “”’Simeon Stylites”'”.<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,822783,00.html “Religion: Go Ye and Relax?”]. ”[[Time (magazine)|Time]]”. 20 April 1953.</ref> |
He wrote a column in ”[[The Christian Century]]” for many years under the pseudonym “”’Simeon Stylites”'”.<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,822783,00.html “Religion: Go Ye and Relax?”]. ”[[Time (magazine)|Time]]”. 20 April 1953.</ref> |
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He retired from his Yale professorship in 1953 and died on November 5, 1960.<ref name=”nytobit” /> |
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Revision as of 19:42, 2 December 2025
American minister (1885–1960)
Halford Edward Luccock (1885 – November 5, 1960) was a prominent American Methodist minister and professor of homiletics at Yale Divinity School.
Luccock was born in Pittsburgh, the son of a Methodist bishop, and was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1910.[1]
His statements in his sermon “Keeping Life Out of Confusion”, at the Riverside Church in New York City on 11 September 1938, have been widely quoted. He declared:
When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.
This was reported the next day in an article headlined “Disguised Fascism Seen As A Menace” in The New York Times.[2]
Other long quoted remarks on the significance of Christmas occurred in his earlier 1915 essay “Everything Upside Down”. He later elaborated upon this work in an extended adaptation, “Whoops! It’s Christmas” in 1959, which was published in The Abbott Christmas Book in 1960.
He wrote a column in The Christian Century for many years under the pseudonym “Simeon Stylites“.[3]
He retired from his Yale professorship in 1953 and died on November 5, 1960.[1]
