Word: christendom
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...role in the history of civilization can no more be evaded by the United States than it could be by their prototype, the Roman republic. [The U.S. and Russia] are among the largest and strongest . . . civilized powers . . . and both are growing larger and stronger while the other powers of Christendom are falling into decay. Build (a) railway between them, and America-and Russia may join hands against the rest of the world on any issue...
...sense, the battle has been raging ever since the breakup of medieval Christendom. Before Tudor times, Englishmen believed in the Catholic version of the landmass theory. They even tried to climb onto the Continent by attempting to conquer and rule France in the Hundred Years' War. But ever since Christendom split into Protestant and Catholic wings, Britons have been opposed to European unification. Marlborough, Pitt and Wellington have all fought to keep a balance of power on the European continent, and the small trading nations-The Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries-have usually welcomed British intercession. When madmen like...
...sons due to lack Of hospital facilities. But a quarter century of hardship and effort has only increased Laubach's confidence in his call. In The Silent Billion Speak, latest of his numerous rapturous books, he writes that "if we can untangle Christ from the terrible handicap of Christendom, which has kept so many millions from Him, we will be doing ... a priceless service...
...FORTUNE warns that if the old European state system is revived, Europe, once the center of Christian culture and world power, is "in danger of receding into its own glorious past." FORTUNE thinks the U.S. should wish Europe a brighter future, figures that European unification would 1) uphold Christendom; 2) eliminate some causes of war and thus prolong peace. The article shows how this unification can grow naturally from steps to be taken during the war. Specific goals: 1) A European Council of all continental members of the United Nations, plus Britain, Russia, the U.S. When the Council...
Cried he: "That airplane bombing had all the appearance of a tryout to test if the Catholics of America would be alarmed or enraged at the implied threat to bomb the Capitol of Christendom...