Word: methodistically
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...fiery founder of Methodism, John Wesley, started out to reform the torpid Church of England of the mid-18th century; thanks to Anglican hostility, the evangelical societies he founded grew into a new and separate church. Last week a committee of Anglican and Methodist church leaders announced a plan to bring England's two great religious bodies back together...
...plan is in a report on 16 ecumenical conversations that have been held since 1956 by representatives of the Church of England (9,748,000 Confirmed members) and the Methodist Church (1,081,000 members). Unity requires one major concession by each side...
...church is a long-term dream," admitted Bishop Harry James Carpenter of Oxford, co-chairman of the joint committee, "and it may be 10, 20 or 30 years before it is achieved." The plan must first be considered by the Anglican Convocations in May and by the Methodist Conference in July. The committee suggested that the question of merger be discussed at the parish and district level for two years. Only after the discussions end will ecclesiastical experts attempt to resolve such technical problems as whether the teetotaling Methodists should continue to use grape juice instead of wine in Holy...
...churches agree to go ahead with the intercommunion, the committee suggested that the decision be celebrated in reconciliation ceremonies at churches and chapels across the country. The committee thoughtfully drew up a formula for the rite, drawn largely from Anglican and Methodist service books...
...found only 100 usable songs from the 10,000 or so contained in seven standard English hymnals. Two years ago, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church brought out a new hymnal that left out such traditional numbers as The Old Rugged Cross and Nearer, My God, to Thee. In 1966 the Methodist Church hopes to publish its first new hymnal in 31 years; more than one-fourth of the songs will be entirely new. The Lutherans revised their hymnal in 1958, and the Southern Baptists in 1956; the Baptists' publishing house, Broadman Press, plans to issue a new hymnal...