Word: lutherane
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Stendahl, a Lutheran, noted that "there is really a solid basis for a great methodological agreement in the basic discipline of Biblical studies. The kind of thing which Cardinal Bea is speaking of is not just a mood in the Roman Catholic Church right now, but something which is here to stay...
Olson's book is an analysis of religious lessons that have been used by four representative Protestant* groups: the Unitarians and Universalists, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and the fundamentalist churches that sub scribe to the materials issued by the independent Scripture Press. Olson makes clear that all four church groups are officially and staunchly opposed to anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism, and that most religious texts do provide a healthy antidote to prejudice. Nonetheless, he argues, there still exist lessons that can subtly evoke unfavorable attitudes to other faiths in pupils...
Glossolalia has come to Yale. The ability to "speak in tongues," possessed by the Apostles at the first Pentecost, has long been claimed by fundamentalist Protestant sects. In the last three years, glossolalia has also been tried out by a number of Lutheran and Episcopal churches in the Middle and Far West. Now 20 students in the secular, skeptical confines of Yale University report that they can pray in the spontaneous outpouring of syllables that sounds like utter babble to most listeners, but has a special meaning to the "gifted...
...given many churchmen cause to think twice about the validity of custom. Now at least 50 of the 168 churches belonging to the World Council of Churches admit women to the ministry. Barbro is the fifth of seven women to be elevated by the Swedish state Church to the Lutheran priesthood since Parliament authorized such an appointment...
...Lund in 1949, went on to study theology together at the university there. They were married before receiving their degrees in 1958, and she worked as a secretary in a parish house before the legal change cleared the way for her ordination. Her clerical duties are long and tiring. Lutheran ministers in Sweden are also civil servants, responsible for recording all births, marriages and deaths. She has visits from parishioners in search of spiritual help, spends most of her evenings on youth work or speaking to women's organizations. Barbro also teaches Sunday school and every other week officiates...