"THE ESTAB By DR. CHARLES LEE FEINBERG
" But let all things be done properly and in an orderly manner" (I Corinthians 14:30, NASB). "For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might set in order what remains, and ap point elders in every city as I directed you" (Titus 1:5, NASB). Just as customs and manners un dergo changes in the course of this history of cultures, so does termi nology. Time honored words and concepts sometimes fall on bad days. Witness the pejorative change of Knabe (lad, youth) to knave (rascal). There was a day when the word establishment was a dignified term with much historical back ground, politically and ecclesiasti cally, to commend it. Today it is used with a sense of guilt as though it were an obscene word. This met amorphosis deserves study, espe
cially as it relates to the institution of the church. The major establish ments of the western world that are under attack are (1) the insti tutions of higher learning, (2) the economic structure, (3) the home, (4) the government, and (5) the church. When we hear the cry to destroy the establishment, we have to consider whether the outburst is justified and whether the organ izations under attack are worth saving. As a preliminary observa tion it is worth remarking that those bent on destruction of the order are happy to avail themselves of an established order, so that they can pursue their own objectives. What if others, equally adventure some, decided to disestablish what they have begun to disestablish? The primary interest for us is the matter of the church. So much has been said, and is still being said, against the established or institu-
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