[Oe List ...] 'Jesus Is Lord' by Bishop James K. Mathews

[W. J.]

Exactly one half century ago the newly elected Bishop James K. Mathews published 
a concise statement of a contemporary understanding of 'Jesus Is Lord' in Letter 
to Laymen, October, 1960 (which I found on Google).


Interestingly, David McCleskey and Don Warren were acknowledged as 'Sojourners' 
in that issue. And you can see the outlines of what would become RS-1 and 
RSIIIA. RS-1 was originally two semesters' study: 1A and 1B.

To make it more accessible [considering the text is fragmented like one of the 
Dead Sea Scrolls], I've slightly edited the Mathews text in a Word document that 
I've been unable to attach! (Somebody help!)

I recognize that there is a slight textual corruption that I can't repair with 
total accuracy without eyeballing the original, which I received in my mailbox 
in 1960 but seem to have misplaced somewhere along the  way. In my youth I would 
never have imagined the reality of fifty years later. Sigh.

As a long-time Mathews editor, I was struck in reading this statement by the 
symbiotic union of the two Mathews theological 'voices.' One really couldn't 
tell that Jim was in any way distinct from Joe. (When I first met Bishop Jim at 
UTS in about 1963 he sounded very much like Joe in his cadences and use of 
imagery.)

More evidence of just how profoundly the Mathews brothers were united in their 
personal witness to the way life is. Today we deeply acknowledge the final 
stilling of that lively voice in our midst, and in this stillness we offer up 
their deeds and their being to the final Mystery. Amen.

Marshall

Note to the O:E list-meister: I did try to attach the Word file earlier, but it 
didn't go through. Please trash this version. Subsequently I was able to further 
correct the text. So my revised version has yet to be sent out. What do I do 
now? It's 140 KB.
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