Word: canonic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Catholic moralists in the U.S. reacted to the article as if Canon Janssens had nailed a 96th thesis to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church. The Rev. Francis J. Connell, former dean of the School of Sacred Theology at Catholic University, said that the article was "absolutely contrary to the teaching of the church in this area." In a rebuttal of Janssens' thesis that was printed by many diocesan papers, Jesuit Father Edward Duff wrote that "no established Catholic theologian is on record as agreeing with...
...Responsible Parenthood." From the time of St. Paul, who said, "It is better to marry than to burn" (meaning, with passion), Catholic teaching on marriage has implied that sexual pleasure was a reward that God gave to married couples for producing children. The canon law of the church describes the primary end of marriage as the procreation and education of children; the mutual love of husband and wife and what the code grimly refers to as "the allaying of concupiscence" are essential but secondary ends. Many a priest still preaches that a house-cramming brood is the goal...
...senses this obsession; his concern is his own soul, "Where honor should be, in me there is only a void," he tells his mistress (Sian Phillips). Then the easy-living courtier becomes archbishop, and fate summons him to uphold "the honor of God." But does he die to defend canon law, made great by the great office thrust upon him, or is he merely a self-appointed martyr in search of his Cain? Given a mass of ambiguities to project, Burton projects them remarkably well. He daringly meets the competition offered by O'Toole with a sober, almost stubbornly...
...Nordic events will be held tomorrow, as the 40-metre jumping hill and the cross country track on the Hanover Golf Course are still in competitive shape. The slalom and giant slalom exents have been re-scheduled for Saturday on Canon Mountain in Franconia, N.H., a more northerly site...
Three of the Committeemen who opposed the motion agreed that the boycott was illegal, but said criminal action against Canon James P. Breeden and Noel Day would "serve no useful purpose." Describing the boycott leaders as "misguided but not criminal," Thomas S. Eisenstant said such court action would be "negative, disruptive, and inflammatory...