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PAGE 10 — The Georgia Bulletin, October 8,1987 - Bible Study (Continued from page 1) talism, the Bible alone is sufficient. There is no place for the universal teaching church — including its wisdom, its teachings, its liturgical and devotional traditions,” says the state ment, which was issued in English and Spanish. “There is simply no claim (in fundamentalism) to a visible, audible, living, teaching authority binding the individual or congrega tions,” it adds. Catholics, it says, should realize the church produced the New Testament, “not vice-versa.” The statement urges development of a “pastoral plan for the word of God” that would “place the sacred Scriptures at the heart of the parish and in dividual life.” A plan is necessary because past “neglect of parents in catechetics and the weakness of our adult education efforts are now producing a grim harvest.” “We need to educate — and to re-educate — our people knowingly in the Bi ble so as to counteract the simplicities of biblical fun damentalism,” the state ment says. Climer Moving & Storage Moving??? When It's Your Move l et I s Know Piano Specialists established I!»77 Free Estimates. References Call Ron Climer. Owner 493-9153 Unlike Catholics, biblical fundamentalists see no need for “the church as the Lord Jesus founded it,” it says. “This non-church char acteristic of biblical fun damentalism, which sees the church as only spir itual, may not at first be clear to some Catholics,” it says. It is possible that in talk ing to fundamentalists, Catholics will hear nothing offensive, the statement says. “The difference is often not in what is said, but in what is not said. There is no mention of the historic, authoritative church in con tinuity with Peter and the other apostles,” it says. “There is no vision of the church as our mother — a mother who is not just spiritual, but who is visibly ours to teach and guide us in the way of Christ,” it says. The statement says fun damentalist Bible groups provide “simplistic an swers to complex issues in a confident and enthusiastic way” that is especially at tractive to people yearning for answers in a chaotic world The appeal of biblical fun and /leedleS ^Hteru lions Custom Made Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen Alfredo Avlno, Prop. 233-6643 Tuxedo Foxflvol Shopping Center SPSS Roswell Rd. Suite 101 damentalism is under standable in a world “of war, violence, dishonesty, personal and sexual ir responsibility,” the state ment says. “It is a world in which people are frightened by the power of the nuclear bomb and the insanity of the arms race, where the only news seems to be bad news,” it says. Especially receptive to fundamentalism is the “Catholic young adult or teen-ager — one whose family background may be troubled; who is struggling with life, morality and religion; whose Catholic education may have been seriously inadequate in the fundamentals of doctrine, the Bible, prayer life and sacramental living; whose catechetical formation may have been inadequate in presenting the full Catholic traditions and teaching authority,” the statement says. BUS STOP — Disabled activists in wheelchairs block a San Fran cisco shuttle bus carrying delegates to the American Public Transit Association Convention. The demonstrators were seeking improved access to public transportation. Police arrested 30 people, some in wheelchairs, during the demonstration. (NC photo from UPI) California Law Notifies In the statement the com mittee expressed “ecumen ical respect” for biblical fundamentalist commun ities, citing “their proper emphasis on religion as in fluencing family life and workplace.” Other members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Biblical Fundamentalism are Arch bishops Theodore E. Mc- Carrick of Newark, N.J., and J. Francis Stafford of Denver, and Auxiliary Bishops Alvaro Corrada del Rio of Washington, Richard J. Sklba of Milwaukee, and Donald W. Trautman of Buffalo, N.Y. Parents SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NC) — California Gov. George Deukmejian signed legislation Sept. 27 to re quire unmarried minors to obtain parental consent or a court order if they want an abortion. Versions of the legislation have been struck down as unconstitutional in other states. 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