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...complex plot deals with the experiences in World War II of two men who are thrown together as war prisoners doing forced labor in a small German village. One is a successful journalist who wants to fight in order to prove himself. "What am I looking for?" he asks. "Baptism by fire. I want to see what it's like when they really turn the heat...
Between the time the Holy Family settled in Nazareth and Christ's baptism at the age of 30, the New Testament records only one incident in the life of Jesus: his visit, at the age of twelve, to the Temple in Jerusalem, where he spent three days in conversation with the rabbis, astounding them with his learning. But Aron argues that Jesus was presumably brought up like any other boy of Biblical times; by understanding the nature of that childhood training, Christians can better understand the human personality of the man they worship...
...catechism of the Church of England begins with the question: "What did your godparents promise for you at your Baptism?" Over the centuries, millions of tiny Anglicans preparing for Confirmation have lisped and stammered out the awesome answer that begins: "I would renounce the Devil and all his works." A year ago, in a proposed revision of the catechism, the Anglican Archbishops' Commission struck out all mention of Satan. Young believers, the draft suggested, should merely "renounce all that is wrong and fight against evil...
...churches, 160 proselytizers. Woodbury called for more missionaries from Salt Lake City, pioneered a cram course in Mormon dogma that reduced the prebaptism indoctrination time from weeks to days. To spur hard-working missionaries toward greater efforts, Woodbury coined football-style "yells"' and such upbeat slogans as "Have Baptism, Will Travel.'' Mormons who exceeded their quotas of baptisms were allowed into an "Extra Mile Club.'' honored at hearty dinners given by Woodbury and his wife Beulah, 48, whom he calls "Bubbles...
...dare to say that it would have been better for them not to exist than to exist as they now are." Martin Luther agreed with Augustine. John Calvin sidestepped the issue by stressing predestination; if an infant was elected for salvation, Calvin held, lack of baptism could not keep him from it, and if he was damned to hell, baptism could not save him. Beginning with Thomas Aquinas, Catholics began to consign unbaptized children to a fringe of hell called Limbo (from the Latin limbus, meaning hem or border), in which they exist in a state as happy as possible...