Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After 166 years, the Disciples of Christ last week conceded that they are, in fact, a Protestant denomination. In Kansas City, at the Disciples' annual convention, 4,700 delegates overwhelmingly approved the principles of a new constitution that will transform the movement from a loose grouping of autonomous congregations...
In answer, leaders of the majority argued that restructuring, by helping the Disciples carry out a better-organized Christian mission, is actually a step toward the larger unity that Campbell envisioned. One concrete result of the reorganization will be that the Disciples can take a more decisive part in the...
In the past, the Colloquium has been a major event at the Divinity School. The first one, held in 1963, discussed Protestant-Catholic relations; the second, in 1966, dealt with Jewish-Christian relations.
Died. The Rt. Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger, 68, Presiding Bishop from 1959 to 1965 of the 3.5 million-member Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S. and one of its leading advocates of social reform. Though patient as Job on some matters, Lichtenberger was no middle-of-the-roader on others, urged...
Sober Guests. The I.C.C.C. has proved as durable as its founder. Its membership now includes some 140 denominations in 73 countries and colonies from Bolivia to Lebanon. All are relatively small, fundamentalist groups that have also broken with mainstream Protestant churches on the issue of membership in the World Council...