Word: religion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good Professor fails to comprehend that religion collectively has been one of the greatest psychic factors in the molding of human history, not the least evil of which has been Christianity. Religion is a man-made stumbling block...
...Says Professor Toynbee: "I agree that the kingdom of God is within us, but it is very difficult to reach. That is our failure. I totally disagree with his [Reader Sargent's] estimate of religion. I think religion is the one help we have toward solving man's main problem, which is himself...
...boss of Italy's Communists believes there is no God but Stalin, came down in a fiery oratorical chariot to rescue the Catholic Church. By the grace of Togliatti, the Italian Assembly last week put into the Republic's Constitution this clause: "The Roman Catholic apostolic religion is the only religion of the State." Approval meant that 1) the Republic would stand by the Lateran Treaty which Mussolini made with the Vatican; 2) every Italian would be taxed to support the Church; and 3) education would be Catholic...
...Fortnight ago, on the 1,400th anniversary of Saint Benedict's death, Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical commending the study of the saint's life and work, and pleading for the restoration of the abbey. Saint Benedict, the Pope said, had kept alive the flame of religion and culture as "a star in the darkness of night...
...improve understanding between Jews and Christians. "The world today," he declared, "suffers from a laxity of faith and the great need of this moment is not so much the 'watering down' of particular religious beliefs but rather a greater and firmer conviction of one's own religion...