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Negative Penalty. Medieval scholastics gradually construed a more humane destiny for unbaptized infants and for pious adults who died before Christ. In the 13th century, Albert the Great named this resting place limbo. Albert's disciple, Thomas Aquinas, argued that since unbaptized children were not guilty of actual, committed sins but only of original sin, their penalty would be a negative one-the loss of the vision of God that is heaven's supreme happiness. Moreover, Thomas suggested, the children would placidly exist through eternity unaware of the reward that was beyond their reach...
Where distinctive cultural differences like Jewish food or dress are preserved, they are no longer regarded by Jews as divine commandments, but more often as "simple, picturesque ritual," Handlin commented. However, the Jew's changing identity has not been accompanied by actual conversion or less affiliation but instead a different interpretation of his Jewishness, he said...
Many bishops and priests admit that there is some discrepancy between their teaching on birth control and the actual practice of Catholic couples. "It is the single most important cause for defection from the sacraments among the younger generation of German Catholics," says Theologian Werner Scholl-gen of Bonn University. U.S. bishops and priests have yet to give much attention to the problem, but Dutch Bishop Willem Bekkers of 's Hertogenbosch says: "If I see people in church not receiving the Eucharist, and I know they are the kind of people who should be, then I say this...
...feeling his way and burning his fingers on almost everything he touched. A fabulously successful film producer (Seven Arts Productions), he had never before done a Broadway show. Furthermore his wife Frances is the daughter of Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein. So there were book problems right away. The actual Nicky was considered unacceptable as a leading man. He was a shiftless con man with a column of mercury for a spine, a criminal record, and a cavalier attitude toward Fanny's devotion and fidelity...
...telephone interview Friday, Mrs. Bunting said her absence wouldn't come during a crucial year for Radcliffe. "It's actually a pretty good time as far as policy questions are concerned. The year after next will be the year for the really big push on the Fourth House." Only the actual construction of the study center is scheduled for next year, she said...