Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruit was an uncommon visionary who appeared at a time when the field of ministry was firmly rooted in "mainline" tradition. According to him, this is rule number one: "Never talk about anything religious unless you feel it. Unless it comes from the heart, soul, or gut level, it is a fake and a sham." Of Dutch Old Catholic stock, Archbishop Spruit started his ecclesiastical career as a United Methodist minister. Indeed, he represented that body at the founding of the World Council of Churches. Unfulfilled, he felt drawn to the mystical and briefly served as the...
Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruit was an uncommon visionary who appeared at a time when the field of ministry was firmly rooted in "mainline" tradition....
Herman Adrian Spruit was an uncommon visionary who appeared on the scene at a time when religion in the U.S. was firmly rooted in religious conservatism. Himself a prominent Methodist minister (indeed, he was a representative at the founding of the World Council of Churches), he would leave the comfort of his denominational home to embark on a quest. As it turns out, he became dissatisfied with mainstream Christianity at the same time in history when the country's young people were rebelling against "old time religion" and opening up to alternative spiritualities of all kinds, including...
Herman Adrian Spruit was an uncommon visionary who appeared on the scene at a time when religion in the U.S. was firmly rooted in religious conservati...
