Word: church
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Millions of Protestant Christians are extremely skeptical as to the martyr role of Cardinal Mindszenty . . . His stand against the totalitarian state does not wholly look like genuine heroism in behalf of spiritual treasures. There is nothing in the Gospel to justify the Roman Catholic Church's ownership of more than one million acres of land, on which a hundred thousand tenants have been living like medieval serfs. The present government of Hungary stood for social justice and Christian democracy when it took the land away from the feudal bishops and gave it to the freed serfs...
...Mary's Episcopal Church...
...evidence . . . seems to indicate that Cardinal Mindszenty was trying to impose the will of the Church on the state . . . Regardless of the evils of Communism, it is absurd to suppose that the government has not got a perfect moral right to protect itself against all subversive efforts to overthrow it. Aren't we trying twelve Communists on exactly the same charges in our own country...
...Believe in Man." Next was the Rev. Yanko Ivanov, a bald, short man who is superintendent of Bulgaria's Methodist Church. Said he: "I don't believe in man because he lies frequently ... I will give you now a full account of my criminal activities, which make me ashamed ... I will say that I am a sinner...
...vote of 227 to 89, the congregation of the Community Church of Miami Shores, Fla. last week decided not to fire its pastor, 37-year-old Rev. Donald Douds. But that did not necessarily settle the matter. Said one prominent trustee: "I believe personally the church is ruined...