Word: protestantism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ever since the Berlin Wall went up, East Germany's Communist government has been pressuring the country's Evangelical Church to break its ties with Protestantism in West Germany. Last week, in a remarkable act of defiance against their Red bosses, East German Protestant leaders unanimously voted to maintain the union-and then went on to join with their West German counterparts in electing a new chairman of the All-German Church Council...
Sir: As a Lutheran, I found your story of particular interest. Many consider the Lutheran Church to be a sleeping giant among the denominations, with the mystique of the Roman Catholic Church and the evangelism of the Protestant churches. No one can say we are narrow-minded in our attitude...
Sir: Thank you for a most informative and forthright account of the story of the Protestant Reformation as seen through the eyes of that intriguing personage, Martin Luther [March 24]. I am grateful that this generation is increasingly developing an appreciation for this remarkable German Christian who was both saint...
Once as hostile as warring African tribes, the Protestant and Catholic churches of The Netherlands have reached a remarkable degree of accord. Mixed marriages are often celebrated jointly by priests and ministers, and non-Catholics are no longer required to promise that they will raise their children in the church...
While the time may have arrived for another Luther, few Christian leaders expect one. For one thing, many Protestant thinkers are convinced that denominationalism is an obsolescent evil-the answer to Christian failings is not a revolt that creates still another new church. For another, a Christian distraught at the...