NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 14, 1865

• Spiritualism condemned by Orthodox Christians
• Post Civil War reconstruction era religion

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "Spiritualism vs Orthodoxy" and more. (see images) 
Complete with all 8 pages, uncut and untrimmed, very nice condition.

Backgpound: An original August 14, 1865 issue of Horace Greeley’s New-York Daily Tribune featuring the page 5 article “Spiritualism vs. Orthodoxy” is a notable cultural artifact that captures a critical inflection point in Reconstruction-era American religious history. Reporting on a high-profile public debate at Metropolitan Hall—a prominent venue of the era—the article documents the intense clash between Spiritualist proponents asserting empirical, spirit-manifested proof of the soul and orthodox Christian theologians condemning the movement as dangerous heresy. In the immediate wake of the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of grief-stricken Americans turned en masse to Spiritualism seeking answers and solace that traditional church doctrines failed to provide, making venue reports like this central to the period's socio-religious discourse. While mid-19th-century newspapers like the Tribune were printed in large daily runs, surviving complete single issues from August 1865 in good condition are scarce due to the fragile nature of 1860s paper stock and the common historic practice of breaking apart complete issues for clipping or scrapbooking, making full original copies held in private hands historically compelling items for collectors of Civil War-era ephemera and American religious history.