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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...between the "Judaizers" and the "Hellenists" of the early church. Where Paul, the "Apostle of the Gentiles," wanted to leave his Greek converts as free as possible of the old Jewish Law, he says, other leaders at Jerusalem insisted that all new Christian converts be circumcised, or at least adopt Jewish rituals. It was Peter, says Theologian Cullmann, who eased these requirements and bridged the threatening gap between Jewish and Gentile Christians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Peter & the Rock | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...would be a sorry thing if in resisting totalitarianism we were to follow the counsels of the frightened and adopt its methods," Pusey charged...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Pusey Rebuts Red Baiting Education Critics | 12/5/1953 | See Source »

Arguing on both sides of the topic, "Resolved, that the U.S. should adopt a policy of free trade," the Crimson defeated Army, Georgetown, Merrimac, N.Y.U., Clarkson, Univ. of Maine, St. John's, and Wesleyan. It lost only to Middlebury and Penn. State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Debaters Win 8 of 10 Place 4th in Vermont Tourney | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Lawyers Adopt Resolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Men Rap Conant Use of Wire-Tapping | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

Speaking on the negative of "Resolved; that the United States Government should adopt a policy of Free Trade," the Norfolk team earned a two to one decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norfolk Prison Colony's Debaters Beat College Team for Sixth Time | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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