Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless, the Pope points out that this arrangement is admittedly a compromise, not entirely satisfactory. While he urges all bishops to adopt the plan, he does not insist. Most French bishops accept the compromise, but some "diehards" resent...
...redemption; that, having died for our sins, He rose from the dead and is our ever-living Saviour; that in His earthly ministry He wrought many mighty works, and by His vicarious death and unfailing presence He is able to save to the uttermost." But we differ and insist upon the right to differ on how all this happened...
Preachers who insist on the right to differ...
...when we realize how our conception of the universe has been enlarged ten thousand times, we have a conception of God ten thousand times greater, nobler and more spiritual than was that of our fathers." Hence, although he believes in the usefulness of creeds, Bishop Lawrence refuses to insist on the literal interpretation of any creed, or of the Bible...
With regard to railroad and coal strikes, the secretary was emphatic in his defence of the Federation's stand. "The attitude of the public is not sincere in these strikes", he said. "The people insist that the workers refrain from striking in order that the supply of fuel and food may not be cut off, but at the same time do nothing to relieve the conditions against which they are striking. In effect, they demand that the workers and their children continue to be underfed and ill-housed, in order that their own babies may not lack milk...