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The early Protestants, on the other hand, had little use for either the image or the idea of angels. They rebelled against the "decadent" decoration of Renaissance churches, with their lavishly winged, lushly adorned angels + acting as God's attendants but reigning supreme over earthly citizens. In building a new...
In the centuries since, few Protestant theologians have addressed the subject. The modern exception is Billy Graham, whose 1975 book Angels: God's Secret Agents was a national best seller: 2.6 million copies. In a sense it was a natural outgrowth of his biblical scholarship; one cannot believe in a...
Despite the new mood of optimism, the road to any lasting peace will surely be bumpy and bloodstained. As the I.R.A. was considering London's demand for a permanent cease-fire as a precondition to formal talks, Republican operatives continued their bombing and assassination campaign. Even if the I.R.A. calls...
The question now is whether politicians can devise a framework that will satisfy the conflicting loyalties in the minority Catholic and majority Protestant communities. The British have said they will not stand in the way of a united Ireland should the majority of the people in the north one day...
The Cardinal likes to explain his faith through the story of one of his theology professors, a man who questioned the thinking behind the church's 1950 declaration that the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven was an infallible tenet. "He said, 'No, this is not possible -- we don...