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Word: estero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...that moral perfection should be the goal of Christians); Charismatic (Pentecostal or "Holy Roller" sects whose members consider themselves endowed with special charismata or gifts, such as the gift of speaking in "unknown tongues"); Communistic (the almost-defunct Shakers, the defunct Oneida Community, the still-existing Church Triumphant of Estero. Fla., whose members believe that the world is a hollow ball, with men living inside it) ; Legalistic (Old Catholics, Mennonites, Primitive Baptists and other churches which stress certain rules, practices, objective "things" as essentials of true religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Legalists & Charismatics | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

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