Word: cultus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...related to the Judaism of his time. This will not be easy, partly because the churches tend to look toward the past rather than the future. "Their organization (residential parishes) is based on the sociological patterns of 1885 (before automobiles, commuter trains and industrial parks). Their Sunday-at-11 cultus is timed to fall between the two milking hours in the agricultural society. Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. The first Christian church was one that looked forward in strained and eager anticipation to the end days...