Word: nero
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Roman Catholic Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell of Glasgow called Tito a "modern Nero," and Bishop John Carmel Heeman of Leeds threatened Tito with "a warm reception in this country." At this point, Britain's leading Roman Catholic, Bernard Cardinal Griffin, spoke up in a quieter voice. "To say that we find it difficult to understand why this invitation was extended is an understatement." But Anthony Eden, said the cardinal, "need not fear that his visitor will suffer discourtesy, let alone violence, at our hands." The Economist insisted that "the majority of British people are curious...
...chalice. These holy men wear their hair and their platitudes long. Together with Author Costain's lumbering, pseudo-Biblical style, they reduce the pace of The Silver Chalice to the gait of a lame camel. Occasionally, the inferior doings are spiced up with superior settings, e.g., Nero's sycophantic court, a gladiatorial breakfast, Jerusalem's Dock of Atonement...
...When Nero, in a fit of rage, orders the Praetorian Guard to toss Helena from a tower, Basil heads home to faithful little Deborra, who is waiting for him back in Antioch. In no time, they are walking the dog together and billing & cooing over a hoped-for manchild. As for the chalice, it is soon stolen, never to be seen again, but a "miracle" enables Basil to finish the casing: he sees, and carves on it, a vision of Jesus. Author Costain's own vision of all this comes pretty close to reducing early Christianity to soap opera...
...Vadis. Christianity v. paganism in Nero's Rome, in the costliest ($6,500,000) movie ever made; with 30,000 extras, 63 lions, Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr (TIME...
...Vadis. Christianity v. paganism in Nero's Rome in the costliest ($6,500,000) movie ever made: with 30.000 extras. 63 lions, Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr (TIME...