Word: monasticism
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But Newman's attitude toward Rome gradually changed. In studying early Christian history, he began to suspect that his beloved Church of England was in schism. For six agonizing years Newman tortured himself with questioning and doubt. Many of his friends deserted him. .In 1842 he left Oxford to...
"This is also manifest in the domain of sex education, where our negativism is notorious. We start early to speak obscurely of sexual prohibitions but impart very little legitimate positive information to the child. We ignore the fact that, unlike brute animals whose sex behavior is largely instinctual, the rational...
If the redoubtable Ike can breathe a little life into scholastic sterility; if he can stem the move toward a return to status-quo "education" (a kind of education for death); if he can further the idea of education for service to humanity: then more power to him, and scallions...
From their monastic quarters near the main temple, the priests dragged the abbot of Paiyunkuan, An Shih-lin, and his favorite priest, Pai Chin-yi. In the flickering light of oil lamps, a bitter trial began. The priestly jury found the abbot and his henchman guilty of illegal relations with...
¶ To TIME's Religion researcher, for carelessness with facts & figures, a resounding rebuke. Thriving St. Vincent's actually has 242 priests, seminarists and lay brothers in its monastic community. It is the number of lay brothers that has dwindled from 100 to 25.-ED.