The Church of Christ, in every age
The Church of Christ, in every age. Fred Pratt Green* (1903-2000). Written in 1969, this text first appeared in Pratt Green's first book, 26 Hymns (1971), entitled ‘The Caring Church’. It used the traditional ‘she’ and the possessive ‘her’ for the church. It was altered to its present form for The Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). The original stanza 2 is now placed at the end and stanza 3 is normally omitted:
And all men suffer deeper ills:
For there's a fever in our blood
That prostitutes our human skills
And poisons all our brotherhood.
The content of this hymn underlines the emphasis of the theological thought of the 1960s on the role of Christian responsibility for all peoples...
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