Word: schism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Schism. Backed by their districts, the four presidents refuse to quit office. They plan to carry on as though nothing has happened, which will force Preus to set up new district offices loyal to church headquarters. At that point, some sort of new moderate church will begin to emerge. One synod spokesman estimates that fewer than 200 of the church's 5,846 congregations would join the exiles. But a moderate tactician claims that if Preus does not relent, 600 to 800 congregations will be in rebellion by the end of the summer, with more likely to leave later...
...even harder to comprehend at one sitting. Diverse audience interpretation stands as a testament not so much to the broad range of Genet's material as to its failure as pure theater. The current word on this literary-intellectual exercise maintains that The Blacks concerns not so much racial schism as the general violence and absurdity of the modern world. This theory nicely dilutes Genet's paranoid tension and allows the white audience to sit back comfortably, philosophizing about French absurdist theatre and Saint Sordid Genet...
...other the Sinners (for tobacco-loving musicians). The conductor, affectionately nicknamed "Big Mo" by his players, usually travels by car, avoiding any show of favoritism; although a non-Mormon, he is also a nonsmoker. If constant traveling does breed a unique togetherness, it also reveals the peculiar schism between the Mormons and other members of the orchestra. Aboard the Saints' bus, the majority of passengers are women, mostly string players who have been with the orchestra for years. Mormon prayer books are much in evidence, and hymn sing-alongs help to pass time. With the Sinners...
...endorse the idea of women priests and an end to the celibacy rule. In response, Pope Paul named hard-line conservatives Adrianus Simonis and Johannes Gijsen to two of the seven Netherlands bishoprics. The liberals exploded in extraordinary public wrath over both choices and there was even talk of schism...
...Meliton of Chalcedon. During ceremonies at the Sistine Chapel in Rome, the gray-bearded Metropolitan had announced that representatives of 250 million Orthodox Christians were preparing for theological dialogue with leaders of the world's 650 million Roman Catholics, which could lay the ground for reunification. The great schism between the two bodies dates back to 1054, when the churches of Pope Leo IX and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Michael Cerularius of Constantinople angrily excommunicated each other's leader. Said the stunned Metropolitan after the incident with Paul: "Only a saint has the courage to do what the Pope...