Word: franciscan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...certain 40-year-old woman was taken first to a church, then to a Franciscan convent in Earling, Iowa. Apparently an energumen, she had exhibited symptoms of diabolical possession for a dozen years: she could not pray, take communion or even pronounce the name of Christ. Doctors had examined her, found her neither mentally nor physically abnormal. With the approval of the Bishop of Des Moines, the woman was made ready for exorcism by learned Father Theophilus, who upon 19 prior occasions had successfully made use of the Church's ancient rite, canonically available to all priests, for casting...
...scruples. Sculptor Ulitsch, ruthless woman-hunter, fascinated her, then frightened her away. She took refuge with an unfeminine girlfriend, and Bohemia was soon calling her "one of those." Then Eva ran away to Italy and discovered a new kind of love in her adoration of a Franciscan monk. Not only saintly but wise, he kept her from entering a convent, sent her back to work, told her to wait until the right man came along...
...Century. At first blush it is mildly surprising to find a cultured churchman indulging in the old chestnut game of dragging supposed Catholic inconsistencies from the fires of bigotry. In his article, he claims that Greek and Roman priests exercised more despicable charlatanry than the Palestinian dragomen, that a Franciscan monk pointed out in "Mary's house" the actual pillar at which the Virgin stood on the day of the Annunciation...
However, the shock came to me when I discovered that I had participated in the same cruise, that I had associated with the same Dr. Morrison on several occasions in our travel expeditions and that I was with him in Nazareth, possibly on the same day; and the Franciscan guide who acted as our cicerone was extremely scientific, insisting that these places were only traditional sites, with no great certitude connected with any given spot. Certainly, he mentioned nothing about the actual pillars and definite places. It is unfortunate that Dr. Morrison met up with an exception. It is doubly...
Many a Palestine site is shared among two or more religious sects. The most cherished one, the Holy Sepulchre (of Christ) is tended by Franciscan monks but, by old tradition, has Mohammedan doorkeepers, who used calmly to lock in the meek monks every night. What dismayed Editor Morrison and other members of his cruise was that the worst charlatanry was exhibited not by dragoman guides but by Greek and Roman priests, in charge of holy spots whence their Churches derive substantial revenue. It was bad enough, wrote Dr. Morrison, that after 20 centuries and repeated destructive battles in Palestine...