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Letters of Support. Mclntire optimistically claims that "anywhere from one-third to one-half of the United Presbyterian members" will defect from the church if the Confession is approved. That hardly seems likely, but there is some evidence for the charge by Executive Editor Nelson Bell of the conservative Protestant...
More Forgiveness. So far, most Roman Catholic bishops are cool to the idea of de-emphasizing private confession, although advocates of general confession can muster good arguments for their cause. Brother Philip believes that general confession would make sacramental forgiveness more readily available to more people, bring back to Communion...
At its annual General Assembly in Portland recently, the tiny (12,500 members), fundamentalist Orthodox Presbyterian Church formally extended a hand of welcome to any who would like to leave the 3,300,000-member United Presbyterian Church. The same gesture was made by the equally small Bible Presbyterian Church...
The principal argument against the Confession of 1967-the first new statement of the church's faith since the 1647 Westminster Confession-is that it betrays rather than updates traditional Presbyterian beliefs. Conservatives claim that it downgrades the Bible from the infallible word of God to a mere "normative...
Changes Considered. United Presbyterian spokesmen insist that "we are in no way nearing a point of schism." Nonetheless, they acknowledge that conservative feeling about the Confession runs high, and that some congregations may well withdraw from the church in a year or two unless substantial changes are made. Next month...