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Many scholars, moreover, think that ecumenical experimentation has just begun. Dr. Lynn Leavenworth, director of theological education for the American Baptists, last November proposed a consolidation of Protestant—and even Catholic—seminary resources. "It makes no sense," he said, "to have Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal and Presbyterian seminaries. I am looking for the day when seminary graduates will no longer be headed for this or that church's work."
* Who last January became the first Catholic to serve as president of the predominantly Protestant Society of Biblical Literature, the nation's most prestigious association of Scripture scholars.