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...Bishop Robert L. Isaksen of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America said their investigation into the matter is "just beginning...
...chapel, which nobody really seems to want. Language can also be a barrier. "My congregation can't understand him even when he speaks English," jokes the Rev. William Doubek of his Vietnamese counterpart. Moreover, different denominations cannot worship together. "If we were to hold a joint service, the Lutheran Synod would be pretty hard on us," Bodimer notes. And, says Our Redeemer treasurer Charles Wuensch, "there is a feeling among some in the congregation that we don't have anything in common with these people, that we wouldn't have anything to say to them...
Randy A. Karger, a junior living in Winthrop House, is a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod...
Director Richard Eyre, who heads London's Royal National Theatre, draws able performances from nearly everyone as the play moves from synod to seedy bar, from cathedral crypt to council flat. Sommer offers an adept portrayal of a man rich in feeling but poor in political skills, and Cumpsty does a marvelous job of radiating dangerous certitude. He embodies the paradox of the sort of spiritual fervor that, while ostensibly surrendering itself to a Larger Power, borders on megalomania: every cloud in the sky, every leaf on the tree, serves as a personal signal corroborating his uncompromising judgments...
John Paul also consults frequently with bishops outside Rome whose judgment he trusts. The Pope has relied heavily for advice on the synod of bishops that meets in Rome every three years. He has attended all their sessions -- including the most recent ones in October -- listening with his usual intensity. But there is never a joint final communique. Indeed, the Pope may be advised, but to the private dismay of many bishops, any decision on issues discussed will be made by the Pope, and the Pope alone. As John Paul once told TIME's Wilton Wynn: "It is a mistake...