Word: preaching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bravo to Rector Kinsolving for saying, "Hell is a damnable doctrine ... is responsible for a large measure of the world's hatred [Dec. 30]." He has the courage to preach the beliefs that others in the clergy don't even dare to admit to their parishioners...
Bishop Russell S. Hubbard of the Spokane district publicly deplored the argument, but agreed that Kinsolving's preaching had been "within the allowable latitude of the church." Says Kinsolving: "I held this belief throughout my theological training [Church Divinity School of the Pacific]. I also believe very firmly in Heaven. I can't prove any of this, nor do I know anyone who can. but I came into the priesthood to preach the truth as I see it. because I believed this is one of the few churches in which it could be done...
Shyly genial Bachelor Inge, 44, winces at his colleagues who write plays primarily "to shock, to teach, to preach at. I hate a play that tells me what to think. I have to let the audience make up its own mind about my characters...
...center of the campaign-preaching, teaching, criticizing and applauding 20 hours a day-was Milan's Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini, 60, who, though he is not yet a cardinal, is frequently mentioned as successor to the present Pope. Said Archbishop Montini to his priests in opening the mission: "Go ye forth and speak. Your lips are opened. Preach the Gospel to every living creature . . . Open the churches! Open the houses and courtyards, schools and barracks . . . Open every doorway and above all open every heart...
...purpose is to create public opinion, to recruit crusaders to preach our humane gospel, to oppose legislation such as this recent pound bill in Massachusetts. In-fighting and politicking...