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...made that effort, however, as a particular person, speaking out of a particular tradition and within an institution for which the language "Truth for Christ and The Church" is as much a part of its institutional identity as the more secularly fashionable "Veritas." The degrees, even for candidates in the Divinity School, are still granted under the Great Seal of the Corporation with its Latin formulation "veritas: Christo et Ecclesiae." I think the institution is strong enough to sustain these references to its formative motto...
...were reminded at the inauguration, the Harvard seal used to say "Christo et ecclesia" in addition to the familiar "Veritas." But this traditional reference to Christ was similarly discontinued because it was considered too exclusive, even though it is still mentioned as a characteristic of the University's past...
...admirable prayer for a sectarian service, sent mixed messages at a secular ceremony. Gomes seemed to imply that all religions could be subsumed under the heading of Christianity. That Christianity was taken to include all faiths is evident from his reference to "this college, dedicated to the Truth for Christ and the Church...
...people" doesn't exist for Buddhists, for example. Not all religions can be fit into the paradigm presented by "Christ and the Church." This problem is obviously not unique to Christianity. It arises whenever any one point of view is made to speak for others...
...These cases do not have a standard psychological explanation, and there is a lot of similarity between them that can't be explained. I mean, a lot of people think they're Jesus Christ...and there's more variation in their conceptions of Jesus Christ than in these people's stories...