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...BEGINNING, GOD" (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). A concert of sacred music taped on Christmas Day at Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church by Duke Ellington, his orchestra and four choirs...
Growth v. Pilgrimage. Karl Barth has pointed out, said Presbyterian John Oliver Nelson, that the difference between Catholics and Protestants begins with the first word of the Creed. For the Protestant, credo is a creative assertion and a declaration; for the Catholic, a statement of acceptance and assent. It is no wonder, then, added Dean John Coburn of Massachusetts' Episcopal Theological Seminary, that even the language of spirituality in the two traditions differs. "In the Catholic world," he said, "spirituality is interpreted to be the growth in grace that comes in the life of an individual member...
Thus spake Duke Ellington, 66, in the lyrics for his swinging Genesis, In the Beginning God. Putting on the "personal statement" in his Concert of Sacred Music with the full band in Manhattan's 157-year-old Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, the Duke made a joyful noise indeed. So did torchy Lena Horne, who sang an exquisite Christmas Surprise, the Ellington song about the birth of Christ. In doing hip hymns for the concert, which CBS will televise Jan. 16, the Duke explained, "You have to believe very strongly yourself or else it doesn't work. The pulpit...
Church of the Future. Apman thinks that a majority of his parishioners will follow him into the merger, since they, like millions of other U.S. Protestants, are generally indifferent to the old theological quarrels of their churches. In many communities, Lutherans have no qualms about attending Methodist, Presbyterian or Episcopal services when a church of their own is not available. Moreover, Apman is already thinking ahead to a possible union of the eleven other churches in the Newport area into three larger, united congregations, each with a team of four ministers who could specialize in youth work, counseling, administration...