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...Lonely Lutheran...
Fifteen years ago I shared in a retreat at which Arthur Kreinheder made a serious proposal for a Lutheran monastic order. The kind and gentle, yet passionate spirit he displayed there for his project has been well captured in this capsule article [March 1]. Whatever reaction Lutherans may have to his theology as implied in solitary celebration of the Mass, they will certainly admit that somehow his movement points to a need that Protestants generally have not been able to meet or even recognize: the need for worship, meditation and prayer instead of action committees and programs...
...DAVID L. SCHEIDT Pastor The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Living Word Roslyn...
...celibate, Mass-celebrating monk styling himself a Lutheran? The Great Reformer of Wittenberg, who by word and deed rejected celibacy, the Mass and monasticism, would have flown into one of his typical Teutonic tizzies. Neither Catholic fish nor Protestant fowl, "Father" Kreinheder represents a syncretistic mishmash equally offensive to both. One wonders if he has a mezuzah on the doorpost of his monastery just to be sure all bases are covered...
...Soviet visitors represented six churches: the Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches, the Armenian Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Estonia and Latvia, and the All-Union Council of the Evangelical Christians (Baptists). They came in response to an invitation issued by National Council leaders on their trip to the Soviet Union last year. "This is not a cultural exchange but a Christian exchange," explained Dr. Blake. "The difference between these men and other Russian delegations is that these men, like ourselves, are practicing Christians...