Word: stendahl
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Light the Yule log and praise Krister Stendahl...
Prospective young theologians at the Divinity School will have a new dean next year: George E. Rupp, a 36-year-old minister and author. Rupp replaces Krister Stendahl, who headed the school for 11 years...
...Krister Stendahl, Dean of the Divinity School, said the establishment of the Center "will have very special importance" for Jewish-Christian relations. The Center will help to make Jewish Studies "a part of our view of history," he said...
...impetus for future reform of the Church will come from a realization of the great diversity of the many local branches of the Church throughout the world, Stendahl said. Noting Pope Paul's efforts to carry out the Second Vatican Council's call for a loosening of the rigid Church hierarchy, he added, "The machinery for such diversity was laid during Paul's pontificate...
...Stendahl would not speculate on the possible choice of Paul's successor, who must be chosen by two-thirds of the 116 voting members of the College of Cardinals...