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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Belden, Albert David, Rev. Dr., 1883-

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1964

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Belden, Albert David, Rev. Dr.".

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/11/29 TL[c]from MertonThank you for your very kind letter of October 19th. I am sorry to have delayed in answering, but IYes agrees to sign Belden's Pax Christi Plan / unreasonable nature of war and need for abolishment / Catholics and ecclesiastical authority / friendship with Archbishop Roberts and Norman Cousins / Merton can't promise activism because of his monastic life and some of his works censored / international arms agreement
 1964/05/09 TL[c]from MertonI want to answer your good letter as quickly as possible because if I leave it in the drawer my mindYes <i>Pax Christi</i> / suggests Archbishop Roberts, S.J., who is involved in such issues for the Second Vatican Council; Fr. Bernard Häring, C.SS.R.; James Laughlin at New Directions for support; John Heidbrink at FOR for publication / in writing about war, not in touch with Rome - discouraged by institutional aspect
        

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