Word: catechismic
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∙ MARRIED DEACONATE. In the early church, much administrative, clerical and charitable work was handled by deacons rather than priests. Missionary bishops, who are short of clergy, are eager to see the deaconate restored to use. Members of this order of clergy would be allowed to marry and hold down...
*"Sermons are usually built around the catechism," complained Physicist Charles Herzfeld, writing about "Our Wasted Intellectuals" in the July 6 issue of Commonweal. "This is simply not good enough. Parish activities, where the featured speaker is a football coach, are not good enough, nor are bazaars, nor novenas." Parish life...
In Favor of Jesting. Even in Poland, Marxist writers tolerate other opinions and even incorporate them into their own works. A young philosophy professor, Leszek Kolakowski, who was once a dedicated Stalinist, now talks more like a democrat. The leader of the 1956 intellectuals' revolt, he was singled out...
"Total Truth." What is that work? The text of Catholic education is that of the old Baltimore catechism: "God created man to know Him, to love Him and to serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him forever in the next." In the Catholic view, education is...
How do Lutherans differ from Roman Catholics? The question might seem elementary, but the Board of Parish Education of the United Lutheran Church was not satisfied with the existing literature. Six years ago, the board ordered a new textbook, to be called The Difference, for use in adult catechism courses...