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    In 1964 Steven B Clark typed up his vision of a Covenant Community, referring to it's leader as the "dictator". Subsequently, in describing the community of believers under the "dictator" he used the term "null set". In its simplest form, the term means, "a set that is empty; a set with no members." One wonders why Clark would use such a term to describe the communities of Christians he envisioned.

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    In 1964 Steven B Clark typed up his vision of a Covenant Community, referring to it's leader as the "dictator". Subsequently, in describing the community of believers under the "dictator" he used the term "null set". In its simplest form, the term means, "a set that is empty; a set with no members." One wonders why Clark would use such a term to describe the communities of Christians he envisioned.

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    Steven B Clark: Dictator - SOS Community: Null Set

    Transféré par

    John Flaherty
    In 1964 Steven B Clark typed up his vision of a Covenant Community, referring to it's leader as the "dictator". Subsequently, in describing the community of believers under the "dictator" he used the term "null set". In its simplest form, the term means, "a set that is empty; a set with no members." One wonders why Clark would use such a term to describe the communities of Christians he envisioned.

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    Steven B Clark:

    Dictator

    Sword of the Spirit


    Communities:

    Null Sets
    A document from the Thomas Yoder Papers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Following this introduction is a copy of a document written by Steven B
    Clark, founder of the Sword of the Spirit (SOS). The SOS is a non-denominational
    "Christian" movement that actively recruits "leaders" of smaller covenant
    communities so as to obtain control over them and then, with the assistance of
    those same leaders, bring the members of those communities into formation and
    submission under the Sword of the Spirit.

    This document was written in 1964 by Clark while he was at the campus of
    Notre Dame. It predates his baptism in the Holy Spirit by three years. The ideas
    contained in this document formed the basis for the creation of the Word of God
    Covenant Community and subsequently, the government and structure of the
    Sword of the Spirit.

    In the document, Clark identifies the leader of this group as "The Dictator."
    Clark is an intelligent man with a graduate education and a penchant for being ,
    exact when it comes to what he means and writes. (See his epic tome, MAN AND
    WOMAN IN CHRIST.) His view of the leader ofa Christian community as a-
    "Dictator" goes against the scriptural view of Christian leaders as "the Good
    Shepherd" who lays down his life for his sheep. Dictators, on the other hand, are
    noted for their ability to have everyone else lay down their lives for the Dictator .

    . The term "Null Set" is used to define the community that Clark envisioned.
    Governed by the Dictator and his Lieutenants, the Null Set contains many
    similarities of Sword of the Spirit Communities investigated by Catholic Bishops
    in Akron OH, Baltimore MD, Newark NJ and Steubenville OH. A review of the
    term via online searches will produce such fmdings as "a set that is negligible" or a
    "set that has no members." Either definition seems to take a very dim view of the
    men, women and children that comprise Sword of the Spirit Community.

    Finally, of interest in the document is the role of the Catholic priest. The
    reader can investigate that peculiarity for themselves.

    John Flaherty

    May 20, 2011


    Grand Island, NE

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