Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committee, of course, was charged with producing more practical suggestions. As might be expected, it began with an examination of the police, the courts, and the prison and parole system-the agencies with which society apprehends, judges, punishes and attempts to reform its criminals. In every area the commission found dangerous deficiencies that are compounding swiftly expanding problems. And in every area it offered recommendations for reform...
...Luther returned to Wittenberg to put into effect a spiritual reform that became the model for much of Germany. The episcopate was abolished, since Luther had found no Scriptural warrant for the office of bishop. Clerical celibacy was abandoned, even for monks and nuns-and in 1525, Luther married a former nun, Katherine von Bora. The sacraments were reduced from seven to two: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Luther revised the Latin liturgy and translated it into German, allowing the laity to receive the consecrated wine as well as the Host, substituting a new popular hymnody for Gregorian...
Even after the break with Rome, church historians agree, Luther wanted only to reform the one true church-and not to found a new Lutheran de nomination. With that in mind, many contemporary theologians agree that he could hardly fail to be displeased by much of the present condition of the churches...
...Luther would almost certainly be as much of an unpredictable surprise to Christianity as the original was. There are Protestants as well as Catholics who believe that a modern reformer has already appeared, in the person of Pope John XXIII. "If we think functionally of someone who opened up the church to reform," contends Claremont's Dean Trotter, "the closest to Martin Luther has been Pope John." Catholic Philosopher Michael Novak of Stanford suggests that Luther's spirit of reform is most likely to be embodied, if at all, by someone totally outside Christianity. "The Luthers today...
Residents of East Cambridge will make the final decision, since CLAO exists to serve their desires for legal aid. If they want a "service policy," CLAO will accept as many cases as possible according to some arbitrary selection process. If the neighborhood opts for an "institutional reform" policy, the office will concentrate on promising test cases and advice to community action groups...