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Word: communions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...monthly Interracial Review, the Very Rev. Harold R. Perry, Negro rector of Mississippi's St. Augustine's Seminary, wrote recently: "Catholic institutions could have won great respect among Southern Negroes if they had dropped segregation long ago. In many instances, segregation continues up to and including the Communion rail. We have missed a real opportunity to impress the Negro with the true attitude of the church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Spirit v. Reality | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

...John could stay together if only they avoided "adultery," i.e., sex ("A neat trick, if you happen to be quite young, quite normal, and very much in love"). Her priest obviously felt the trick was all but impossible; he offered her no hope of returning to full Communion, short of breaking up her life with John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Brother-Sister Vow | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

...more serious trouble. And the Bishop who stamped the paper would have some deep thinking to do ... The biggest worry a Bishop has in connection with granting permission to live together-apart is the consideration of what possible abuse might be made of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist [Communion]. Should a couple fall and still continue to receive, the responsibility for the unworthy reception of the Sacrament would lie directly with the Bishop for permitting such sacrilege." Eventually, Claire and John moved to a parish where the assistant priest took up their cause and obtained permission for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Brother-Sister Vow | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

...Roman Catholic may not take Holy Communion unless he is free of mortal sin, which can only be obtained by confession and absolution from a priest, and no confession is valid unless the penitent sincerely intends never to repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Brother-Sister Vow | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

...means of myth-not in the sense of an untrue fable ("A good myth is true"), but in the sense of a form used to express complicated and difficult truth, such as the Garden of Eden. Writes Pike: "I do not know a single member of the Anglican Communion-Bishop, presbyter, deacon or layman-who believes this story literally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Myth in the Gospel? | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

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