Word: christs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public relations are fond of telling you, over a gin-and-tonic, that Jesus Christ began their clan. Today they are an integral part of the white collar colossus, disseminating millions of words annually. They have a man in the White House, two national societies, unlimited expense accounts, and a language all their...
...have come a long way, the PR man will tell you. We have come from Jesus Christ to James M. Hagerty in this, the gray flannel century. And business is not only good, but getting progressively better...
Special Conditions. The dilemma that must be resolved before any genuine progress towards Christian unity can occur was pinpointed best by Theologian Lewis Seymour Mudge, a Presbyterian, writing in the Christian Century: "Our problem no longer centers on the 'divinity of Christ' [but on] the humanity of Christ. Christ became man and died for all men. We know that this is so, but our theologies and our church structures make it appear that he died for only some men or for a curiously fragmented sort of man . . . We are able to say no more than that God became...
Practical Plans. In sectional reports, the delegates explored grounds for unity, sometimes finding hope in unexpected places. Mobile American families switch church affiliations just about as frequently as they move (20% per year), reported Rev. Roswell P. Barnes, associate general secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ. Concluded he: "This constant shifting around tends to de-emphasize denominational differences and smooth the path toward Christian unity...
...churches that function "episcopally, congregationally and presbyterially," leaving local congregations free to administer the sacraments of Baptism and Communion in their own manner. A second plan is for a "federal union" in which each denomination would remain an entity, e.g., "the Methodist branch of the United Church of Christ...