Word: amenability
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...Catholic formula: "May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve thee; and I, by His authority, absolve thee . . . inasmuch as in my power lieth, and thou standest in need. Finally, I absolve thee from thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen...
...Amen. Aware that at Warner's Rachel Cade (the story of an unmarried, gravid female missionary) is being filmed, and that at United Artists, Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis' story of a hypocritical preacher) is in process, other moviemakers complained that sex and violence are not the real issue. The council, they charged, is really worried about pictures that include criticism of the church. Such pictures have long been submitted as a matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council...
...Rasbach, American Lutheran and a member of the Film Board Committee, to say: "It is decidedly unChristian, after a man has put millions of dollars into a picture, to tell people not to see it. We want the industry to police itself." To that, Hollywood said a loud "Amen," and waited to see what happens next...
Blessing and honor, glory and , power be unto him! Amen...
...upon their parents, even in unhappy or broken homes. ("I thank you for helping me get over the flu. Please help my mother get a good strong foothold in her work in Detroit. Give me, O Lord, the sense to learn algebra and to be useful in the Scouts. Amen.") Hill is also astonished at the "strong note of penitence and personal remorse" that runs through the prayers ("I ask thy forgiveness for all the things I have done wrong"). For many children, he says, the rite of confirmation means forgiveness of sins more than admission into the adult fellowship...