Word: alls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In view of all this, Bishop Dibelius decided that toughness was in order. He said, in effect, that East German laws are not valid for Christians.
A minor art form, genre is now largely superseded by photography, a similar and also minor art form. But in the mid-19th century, a host of American journeymen-artists practiced genre painting with extraordinary success. The rising middle class of the period paid well and cheerfully for competent pictures...
The short grey beard, the cigar and the fierce twinkle of Berlin's Evangelical Bishop Otto Dibelius, 79, are second only to the face of Chancellor Adenauer himself as a symbol of resolution against the East German Communists. Toughness, as Dibelius well knows, is not all; he must protect...
When the church softened its policy to permit "Youth Dedication" to the state, participation in these strictly secular ersatz confirmations hit an 80%-go% high last spring, and some East German congregations celebrated no Christian confirmations at all. Fewer and fewer children are signing up for the voluntary school program...
The totalitarian state, wrote Bishop Dibelius, has no claim to the Biblical status of "the powers that be." In a totalitarian system "there is no right in the Christian sense of the word . . . Paul's words are set aside." Encountering a speed-limit sign along a highway in the...