Titles of Men

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 1, 1910

The word reverend is used but once in the Scriptures. It is then applied, not to fallible man, but to the Supreme Being. Applying the word to man is in direct line with the present-day spirit of deification of humanity. In the recent consecration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Archbishop Glennon began his sermon on that occasion with this as an opening sentence: “Eminences, most reverend, right reverend, very reverend, reverend fathers, and beloved members of the laity.”