Word: faithful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...great majority of the British people are fundamentally decent, law-abiding and peace-loving people, whose greatest faith and hope lie in an effective U.N. and an enduring Anglo-American alliance. Do not lose faith in these people because of the criminal actions of the Eden government...
...ecstasy and agony. It is a spectrum of art, inspired by Old Testament themes, that begins with paintings from the Roman catacombs and covers more than 14 centuries before it comes to rest with the all but serene Biblical painting of Rembrandt. The contrasts are fascinating: between the somber faith of the Spaniards and the Gallic directness of the French, the controlled warmth of the Italians and the austere faith of the Germans. It is a brilliant sampling that shows, among other things, how national character, as well as time and place, alters the face of Christian...
...greatest fault of modern education is the failure to develop the sense of wonder and awe which is "the beginning of faith," Abraham J. Heschel, Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary said last night in the final Israel Goldman Memorial Lecture...
Heschel spoke on "The Intellectual View of Our Religious Convictions," and asserted that "we must respond to the mystery of living with a sense of awe before we can intellectually understand the existence of God." He described faith as the response to the "mystery of existence...
...undertaker who is cutting corners to make a dollar. His technique is unfortunate, but his exclamations are delightful--"Well, here's a nice bucket o'worms." His colleagues are less colorful, but more devoted to their trade. Their distaste for their unscrupulous competitor is eased by their faith that, "Give him enough rope, he's sure to hand himself some...