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Word: preaching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 27, 1958 | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Is Hell Necessary? | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 16, 1957 | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fire in Milan | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Moral Issue | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

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