Word: christly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...FREEDOM WE HAVE IN CHRIST: Man's struggles-toward earthly freedom all too easily "become occasions for the demonic: social solidarity tempts to idolatry, power tempts to tyranny . . . God alone can free...
...UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN CHRIST: In a divided Christendom "the Lutheran churches are called back to their confession: 'To the true unity of the church it is enough to agree concerning the doctrine of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments; nor is it necessary that human traditions, the rites and ceremonies instituted by man, should be everywhere alike...
Theme of the assembly was "Christ Frees and Unites," and on the stage of the 10,000-seat Minneapolis Auditorium the message was spelled out in the conference's three languages-English, German, Scandinavian. The assembly met each day in plenary session, then split up for separate discussion groups and meetings for visitors-which also included tours of Minnesota farms, a youth rally, a children's festival and $100,000 worth of exhibits on youth work, evangelism, other church activities. Most of all, the Lutherans focused their attention on the great leaders of their faith, who are among...
...Catholics. Hungary's lean, taut Bishop Lajos Ordass (TIME, Aug. 19) opened the assembly with a speech in which he modestly spoke of himself in the third person: "He would like to say that when he was in bondage in the most literal sense of the word, Christ gave him royal freedom." In another exposed position on the firing line of faith is another delegate: spade-bearded Bishop Otto Dibelius, 77, head of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg, whose 5,000,000-member flock is mostly on the Red side of Germany, and who is currently under fresh...
Studying the Borderline. Among the other agenda items of the conference is the question of how Lutheranism should relate itself to the newly independent nations in Asia and Africa. Delegates will also discuss such posers as: How is the freedom man has in Christ related to the questions and answers given by depth psychology and psychotherapy? Where does the borderline lie between heresy and justified variety in doctrinal expression? Under what circumstances can: a Lutheran church unite with other churches...