Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Millions of Protestant Christians are extremely skeptical as to the martyr role of Cardinal Mindszenty . . . His stand against the totalitarian state does not wholly look like genuine heroism in behalf of spiritual treasures. There is nothing in the Gospel to justify the Roman Catholic Church's ownership of more...
In a courtroom known as the Solemn Hall, in Sofia's grey Palace of Justice, 15 Protestant pastors went on trial last week on trumped-up charges of treason, espionage and black marketeering. This time, the Communists were less hostile to foreign observers than they had been during the...
At the same time, the Bulgarian press began to publish the "confessions" of the 15 Protestant leaders indicted for treason. Methodist Yanko Ivanov was said to have admitted giving the U.S. information "on Russian troop movements in Bulgaria." Congregationalist Vassil Ziapkov was quoted: "We betrayed our Motherland, we revealed her...
¶ "We have had a great deal of glorification of the Catholic and Jewish religions. We must not lose sight. . . that the vast majority of our people, and our critics, are of the Protestant faith."
For seven days, the 1,200-odd representatives of 40 U.S. and Canadian denominations talked and listened to each other. In the end, they firmly rejected parochial schools. The council recommended: 1) that Protestant parochial schools be discouraged as "a serious threat" to public education and democracy; 2) that the...