Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...answer to the question of what the goals of a free society are is "nearer than critics of our democracy imply," President Conant stated. Liberty and equality, he said, are the fundamental principles of our culture...
That afternoon Father Feeney announced that he believed his present silencing was "totally invalid." There the matter rested except for a statement by the Archbishop that the headlines were no place to settle a question of doctrine...
...Holy Cross so abruptly. The answer came back, according to the priest, that he was teaching "the wrong doctrine." He then asked what the wrong doctrine was so that he "might not repeat it in his teaching at Holy Cross." Neither this appeal nor Father Feeney's doctrinal question has ever been answered, Father Feeney reported. He went on to say that "the authorities were afraid to go on record with the statement that 'salvation outside of the Church is wrong doctrine...
...duly referred to the Jesuit Seminary at Weston. In due course the answer came in the form of a short and scholarly paper issued for the benefit of Boston College by Father Philip J. Donnelly, S. J., professor of Dogmatic Theology at Weston. "Some Observations on the Question of Salvation Outside the Church," which was reprinted in "From the Housetops," answered St. Benedict's Center to the satisfaction of the Church, though not to the satisfaction of the Center...
...Senate, the answer to one question was supposed to be down in black and white, in the Atlantic Pact. But there was violent disagreement on what the fancy script meant. The question was: "Does the treaty commit us to arm and aid Europe's armies?" (An old question in a new context). Senator Taft, respected for his brains, answered, "Yes." Senator Dulles, respected for his brains, answered, "No." The rest of the Senators, some respected, some not, weren't agreed either, but they voted for the Pact. An arms bill may pass the Senate, but what the original treaty meant...