Word: revs
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...letters written in response to TIME's Man of the Year selection, I was most impressed by the Rev. Henry P. Van Dusen's [Jan. 18]. His observation that the Vatican Council has shown "little prospect of changes on the more intractable issues that divide Roman Catholics and their Protestant 'separated brethren' " is soberly accurate. It would have been perfectly accurate had he said that there is no prospect of such changes...
...matters he referred to are fundamental to Catholicism, and cannot be changed. Equally accurate is the Rev. Van Dusen's estimate that the most that Protestant's can hope for from the council is an enlargement of "fellowship, conversation, and possibly limited cooperation between Catholics and non-Catholics, but no more than that...
...REV.) C. MARVIN ANDERSEN
Though Ghana is 28% Christian, for most of its people politics is the highest religion and Kwame Nkrumah, known as Osagyefo (the Redeemer), the nearest thing to a god. Upset by this state of affairs, the Rt. Rev. Richard Roseveare, 60, Anglican Bishop of Accra, spoke out last August against the country's growing "godlessness" and deplored such slogans as "Africa has her own god and Nkrumah is his Jesus." As far as the government was concerned Roseveare's attitude was blasphemy, and he was given just nine hours to get out of the country...
...Christ's simple plan, there would be no trouble today." Later in Toledo he called Solomon a "great farmer" for having stored up tons of grain. Both appearances were to raise money to send Church of Christ missionaries to Nigeria, both were sponsored by Old Estes Friend the Rev. Floyd Rose of Toledo, who asked in his introduction: "Is Billie Sol Estes guilty? They said Christ, too, was guilty...