Word: rev
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shortly before his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. told his constant alter ego and right-hand man, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, "Ralph, whatever happens, keep the team together." Last week, his shoulders sagging and his voice an emotion-charged bass, Abernathy stood before King's tomb on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta and spoke to his fallen mentor: "I did what you asked. I tried to keep the team together. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for resigning this day. I'll see you in the morning...
...battle over the literal "inerrancy" of the Bible has been shaping up ever since 1969, when a grass-roots alliance of conservatives succeeded in electing the Rev. Jacob A.O. ("Jack") Preus as president of the denomination. Preus, a former professor of Greek and Latin as well as Scripture, is no simple fundamentalist; like other orthodox Missouri Synod theologians, he believes that some parts of the Bible are poetic or symbolic-such as the Book of Revelation. But he also believes that what the Bible presents as factual is factual, and he holds what could be called a theological domino theory...
...Loyalists-led by the Rev. Ian Paisley and former Home Affairs Minister William Craig-refuse to share any significant political power with Northern Ireland's 500,000 Catholics, who make up one-third of the population. Brian Faulkner, on the other hand, has pledged that his Unionists would be willing to work with some Catholics. A coalition of his party with the S.D.L.P. and the Alliance would have strength enough to control the committees that will rule on many day-today matters for the province...
...Sunday Services. The Rt. Rev. John M. Burgess, Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts. Memorial Church...
...Pope's anniversary was marked by other ecclesiastical notes as well. One was an extraordinary offer attributed to the Pope by a Vatican ecumenical adviser, the Rev. Antonio Javierre. Pope Paul, said Javierre in an interview with the Salesian News Agency, would be willing to move out of both his Vatican Palace and St. Peter's Basilica "if it were the price to be paid to achieve [Christian] unity." According to the priest, the Pontiff made the remark in a recent private conversation in response to Javierre's own questioning. The Pope reportedly added that he could...