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Hardly anyone expected the Chinese bourgeoisie to rise again. But there was no doubt that the purge of "counterrevolutionary" Communists that swept Peking's Mayor Peng Chen from office (TIME, June 10) was spreading rapidly into the provinces. In southern Yunnan province and in neighboring Kweichow, editors of provincial...
Soothing Fears. One reason for Thompson's widespread support among the assembly rank and file was his work on behalf of the most controversial item on the agenda: the Confession of 1967. First presented to the 1965 assembly, the new creed is intended to supplement the classic Westminster Confession...
Conservatives immediately raised two objections. Theologically, the creed's attempt to restate traditional doctrine in modern terms appeared to fudge on it: instead of calling the Bible God's infallible word, for example, the Confession spoke of it as "the normative witness" to God's word. There...
As moderator, Thompson appointed a 15-man committee, reflecting a wide range of opinion within the church, charged with revising the Confession. He traveled widely across the nation last year listening to complaints, gathering suggestions, soothing fears. This year the committee presented a new draft of the creed that pleased...
It is a fine loony beginning for a high comedy in period style, but the flashbacks that follow bring Lady L to a spotty end. Her confession story, plucked from Romain Gary's novel by protean Writer-Director Peter Ustinov (who also spills out of a minor role as...