Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long and thoughtful introduction, the encyclical cites the many reasons put forward by theologians, Catholic and Protestant alike, in favor of birth control: the population explosion, the economic difficulties involved in raising a large family, new insights into the psychological nature of sexual experience. In the end, though, the Pope rejects them all: "It is not licit, even for the gravest reasons, to do evil so that good may follow therefrom, even when the intention is to safeguard or promote individual, family or social well-being." Paul also cites what he considers the dangers that will stem from widespread...
...might to style itself as the party of change, the Republican party--if these delegates are the embodiment of it--is not a forward-looking political force...
...moving shots is, successfully executed, one of the great joys of narrative film. When Chris goes to Paul to reassure him in a scene discussed earlier, Chabrol cuts together shots already in motion, joining a shot moving left in a circular are, a crane down from high angle, a forward track moving left, one moving right, and a pull back to wide-angle. The effect is again one of montage--the creation of masterful rhythm from smaller individual rhythms -- and again the illusion gives way to the truth of the image on the film. An eye-opening shot of Paul...
...took to national TV to rally his people around him. He talked as no Communist leader had ever dared to do before. Czechoslovakia, he pledged, would "not make the slightest retreat from the path that we took up in January." He called upon all Czechoslovaks to press forward to "develop socialism into a free, modern and profoundly humane society. Since the party cannot change the people, it must itself change." Then he made an open plea to the people: "What we need most now is the support of all of you at this critical moment...
...contrast, the ecclesiastical statements of the council seemed mild and almost irrelevant. The document on worship, for example, suggested that there should be changes in language, vestments and ceremonies in order to make prayer services more intelligible. Ecumenically, the council took a major step forward by issuing, for the first time, an open invitation to the Roman Catholic Church to join the World Council. Although theologians recognize the practical problems that would be involved if Catholics should become mem bers of the council, churchmen active in Christian-unity proposals have long considered the prospect inevitable. Hardly an eyebrow was raised...