Word: christian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conflict that has destroyed much of the Christian sector of East Beirut is now moving into the western sector of the city and the northern mountains, a stronghold of right-wing militia troops...
...Christian quarter has been without water and electricity for a week. Artillery fire in the city knocked out most of West Beirut's power, leaving the city without lights or any outside communication...
...Rhodesian grant raises an ancient and troubling question: Just how deeply should the church get involved in violent political disputes? The W.C.C. staff, headed by General Secretary Philip Potter, a West Indian activist who refuses to answer questions on Rhodesia, believes that Christian justice demands the "liberation" of oppressed peoples, a program that includes an end to white minority governments. And in that process, violence may be necessary. The Rhodesian grant, in fact, is popular among most Third World churches, and was approved by Canada's Anglican Primate E.W. Scott and other officers. The overall antiracist grants program survived unscathed...
...Osiris and Isis. A concealed chamber behind it may have contained the embalmed bodies of the brothers or, as some suggest, may have been used by a hidden priest to make oracular pronouncements to impress the faithful. But few of them would ever have heard him. For unlike a Christian church, the Egyptian temple was not designed for worshipers to gather to pray. Rather, it was a house built for the god himself, for his comfort and protection from prying eyes when he manifested himself. As a great king, the god did not like the company of common men. Their...
DIED. Etienne Gilson, 94, renowned medieval philosophy scholar (among his works: History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages) and oldest member of the French Academy; in Cravant, France. Gilson, son of a Paris businessman, was a devout Roman Catholic who gained lasting distinction in his field for his writings on St. Thomas Aquinas. Though he lectured at universities throughout France and the U.S., the Sorbonne-trained philosopher taught primarily at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, which he helped launch...