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Ever since its biennial convention a year ago, the 2.9 million member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has been on the brink of a civil war between the supporters of its aggressively orthodox president, Dr. Jacob A.O. Preus, 52, and those of Dr. John Tietjen, 44, the moderate president of the denomination's large, influential Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. The 1971 church convention, acting on its theme "Sent to Reconcile," attempted a kind of Missouri Compromise, supporting Preus in his theological investigation of the St. Louis seminary but leaving the moderates in control of the seminary's governing...
Claiming that the church constitution gives him jurisdiction over the doctrinal purity of all church employees, Preus also bypassed the seminary board and ordered seminary President John Tietjen to prevent Ehlen from teaching any Bible courses. "It was known all over the church that a man had denied the facticity of certain miracles. I felt I had to do something," Preus explains. "We've had constant unrest." Tietjen tossed the order back to the board, which met last week without resolving the impasse...
...Walkiire: Tietjen and Knapperts-busch ended in a dead heat for the speed record for the first act. Time: one hour, five minutes. In the third act, Knapperts-busch displayed a strong kick at the finish, beating Tietjen by one minute...
...Municipal Opera, never able to shake deficits, dissensions and accusations of poor management, suffered a serious blow last fall when its director, Heinz Tietjen, retired. The company turned to Ebert, who gained fame as a director of the standout Glyndebourne Opera. It was able to lure him from the University of Southern California, where he had taught opera for six years. "It was heartbreaking to educate young singers only to have them faced with unemployment," Ebert said, in explaining why he left the comparatively soft job for a tough one. "There just aren't enough companies to take them...
Lacking a Toscanini to dominate its fitful orchestra, Bayreuth concentrated on Impresario Heinz Tietjen's elaborate scenic effects, jammed the stage with 700 people in the song-contest scene. Most distinguished performance was the Pogner of famed Basso Alexander Kipnis. Eva was sung by Metropolitan's Soprano Maria Müller...