Word: evangelist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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According to the rules of iconography, St. Peter is an old man with thick, white, curly hair and a round, white beard; he wears "a joyous and simple expression." St. John the Evangelist, although sometimes shown as a beardless youth with dark hair, is usually pictured as he was at the end of his life: tufts of white hair bordering a bald head, a long white beard, a beatific smile. His brother James is traditionally shown as a young man; he has thick brown hair, receding slightly at two points, and a short, fringelike beard, much like Christ...
...eryingham, 53, a former radio writer and adman who formed the organization seven years ago. Everyingham believes that the Communist takeover in the U.S. is well along, and that "there are many who are working with the Communists to accomplish this." The titular president of his organization is Tulsa Evangelist Billy Hargis, 36, whose material formed the base for an Air Force manual attacking the Protestant clergy last year. Hargis is convinced that Christianity is a fine place far Communist infiltration because "the Christian idea of brotherhood means to a lot of people turning the other cheek...
...This conference can be either a Babel or another Pentecost," said Evangelist Billy Graham. Said General Secretary Willem A. Visser 't Hooft: "We have arrived at one of those decisive moments in the history of the church of Christ...
Luthuli's moderation stems from the deep influence on his life of Christian missionaries. Only two generations removed from Zulu witchcraft, he grew up in a Southern Rhodesian mission, where his father served as an interpreter-evangelist. Educated in mission schools in Natal, Luthuli in 1921 graduated from Congregationalist Adams College, south of Durban, stayed on to teach the Zulu language and music. But in 1935 he gave up his promising and lucrative academic career to become the elected chief of his poverty-stricken Zulu tribe in the Groutville district, thus following in the footsteps of four chieftain ancestors...
...with a suggestion from the Christian Brothers of California to serve their newest wine "well chilled at cocktail hour." One in seven of C.D.'s readers is a non-Catholic-and that one is repeatedly urged to write in and challenge church dictum on everything from bullfighting to Evangelist Billy Graham...