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CELIBACY. The bishops' statement endorses the "longstanding view of the church" that requires celibacy for all Western priests, and notes that this was "overwhelmingly" supported by the 1971 international Synod of Bishops...
MARRIED PRIESTS. Pope Paul has repeatedly insisted on the traditional requirement of celibacy for priests in the Western church, and the 1971 international Synod of Bishops strongly endorsed his position. But the Detroit conference boldly proposed that the church allow married men to be ordained and consider approving marriage for men already in the priesthood...
Lindsell cites the Lutheran Church -Missouri Synod as a case where "neoliberals" nearly moved an Evangelical denomination away from its traditions before conservatives regained power (thus pushing the church to the brink of schism). Lindsell sees trouble ahead in his own church body, the 12.5-million-member Southern Baptist Convention. Though no conclusive data are available, Lindsell claims that "90% of the people in the pews believe in biblical infallibility." Even so, he sees the infection of liberalism "spreading steadily...
...American cardinals to an alltime high of twelve. Paul did not name Cincinnati's Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, the president of the U.S. bishops' conference. A possible explanation: Paul named as cardinals only two of the nine members of the permanent secretariat elected by the 1974 international Synod of Bishops, thus bypassing Bernardin and other likely candidates. By one Roman reading, he is retaliating against the synod, which aroused papal anxiety with its bold and critical views...
...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...