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Word: bergendoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of the discussion centered on two papers. Dr. Conrad Bergendoff, president of Augustana College (Lutheran), warned that the unity represented by the World Council of Churches "is still marginal and peripheral," and will remain so until Christianity can be "expressed in common confessions of faith." Presbyterian John Leith, of Richmond's Union Theological Seminary, countered by suggesting that bold doctrinal talks might help church leaders toward unity by getting the focus off the superficial topic of organizational structure. "We are called upon to make serious decisions in the realm of theology and polity," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ecumenical Stirrings | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

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