Word: professed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week. Those who regarded his article in the Jesuit fortnightly Civiltâ Cattolica as something new in Roman Catholic thought, he said, were wrong. Father Messineo's conclusion had been that "tolerance is a duty of both individuals and states towards those who have accepted error and profess error." This tolerance, reasoned Messineo, rises out of the respect due to the human person and to his God-given right of exercising his reason and working out his own destiny. "It logically follows," he wrote, "that there is a right to tolerance, and that such a right is vested...
Some observers profess to find a connection between these events...
Although I profess no knowledge of the intricacies of land warfare, and no insight into the workings of the minds of Asians, Russians or politicians, the shape of events in Korea brings the fear of a terrible trap...
...unanimous rising vote they passed a "midcentury manifesto." "At no time in the history of Christianity has there been greater danger of losing sight of the principles and ideals for which it exists. The danger is increased by the fact that liberty is being denied by those who profess to cherish it. Violation of conscience arises not merely in communistic territories, but sometimes even within the churches themselves. Not only do Communists imprison Roman Catholics and Protestants; Roman Catholics are ready to persecute Protestants, and certain Protestants, to a lesser degree, deny Roman Catholics and others full liberty...
...proliferation of such churches, largely sponsored by obscure evangelical Pentecostal sects, is by far the most conspicuous religious activity in the Barrio, though most Puerto Ricans (83%) are nominally Roman Catholics. Columbia University investigators found that though most Puerto Ricans still profess themselves Catholics, they attend church less regularly than they did back home...