Remembering the Schism of 1953: Schism It Was

This is often slighted, if not overlooked, in discussion of the controversy in the PRC in the early 1950s. Interest in the doctrinal issue tends to leave the schismatic aspect of the struggle in the shadows. Ignoring, or even minimizing, the schism is a mistake. Any remembrance of the events in the PRC culminating in the split of 1953 must begin with the rending of the body of Christ in one of her visible, instituted manifestations. Rending the Body Such is schism. Schism is self-willed,...