Word: protestantitis
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Roman Catholics and Protestants cannot even agree on the Bible. Their deep difference of view was highlighted again this month with the publication of two new editions, one Catholic, one Protestant.
The Westminster Study Edition of the Bible (Westminster Press; $10), prepared by scholars from five Protestant denominations, sticks to the traditional King James wording-but is far from conservative in commenting on it.
The watching Protestant world had hoped, in its dim and sentimental way, for something better. It had perhaps even hoped for another Pentecost. At Pentecost, there were tongues of fire from heaven, and human beings like ready lamps, waiting to be lit. At Amsterdam, there were committees, agenda, resolutions, debates...
Next day the Pacific National Exhibition held its bathing beauty contest in Vancouver. Of 14 entrants, only three were Roman Catholics. The winner: Brunette Margaret Brain, 17, a Protestant (Church of England) from Prince Rupert.
There began a battle for Bridie's soul, for Protestant Grandma Lisha could not abide Rome. When a cousin asked Bridie to marry him, she agreed to "turn" Protestant, and Aunt Lisha, delighted, left her everything when she died. But then came Catholic Aunt Rose Anne to invoke the...