Word: franciscanism
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...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...
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...
...David Starr Jordan. Walter Lippmann two years ago was a starter. But Pundit Lippmann had no such enemies on the West Coast as "Madam Queen" has among the San Francisco businessmen. Because she declined to use her department to weed out and deport alleged Reds, many a San Franciscan still believes that the Secretary of Labor was somehow morally responsible for last year's General Strike...
Among his published works were a modern critical study of Martin Luther and a discussion of Franciscan ideals, as well as reviews of various historical pacts. He was a member of the American Historical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Harvard Club...
...came in the third round when she was 2 down, with 3 to play, against a Massachusetts girl named Rosamond Vahey. She won the next two holes and the match on the 19th. The other came when she was 3 down to Dorothy Traung, a 20-year-old San Franciscan, on the tenth hole in the final. By this time, Defending Champion Van Wie had defeated "Glenna" (Glenna Collett Vare), who had had her second baby in two years three months before the tournament started. "Maureen" (squarejawed Maureen Orcutt of Englewood, N. J.) had been beaten in the third round...