Nobody sees any prospect of uniting Protestantism and Catholicism, but many a Protestant is hopeful that Protestants can and will unite. In a new book out this week, On This Rock (Harper; $1.50), Methodism's Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam writes:
"I believe the reunion of American Protestantism a far easier task than is generally thought. When I sit with ministers and laymen of other communions in committee, or kneel with them in prayer, or unite in worship, I know I am with Christian brothers. I know we are one. I am convinced that such men, sitting in conference and charged with effecting union,...