Word: roman
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...closely related Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was formed by freed slaves after the Civil War. The seventh institution is the Church of God in Christ, which, like all Pentecostal groups, emphasizes the experience known as "baptism in the Holy Spirit," manifested by speaking in tongues. When other Protestants and Roman Catholic worshipers are added in, black churchgoers total 24 million...
...CONFESS. I am Roman Catholic in religion and liberal in politics. For years, I have been told by people on both sides of the political spectrum that this is a contradiction. Liberal acquaintances--especially at Harvard--who know my political leanings cannot fathom why I associate myself with the church of Peninsula, John Cardinal O'Connor, fanatical anti-abortionists, the Index of Banned Books and the Spanish Inquisition. They question my credentials as a liberal free thinker and, quite often, as an intelligent person...
...Catholic Church is not an ideally liberal institution. Its historic treatment of women, homosexuals, Jews and heretic Christians, among others, has been quite appalling. Although the Church is truly universal in that it includes members from all races and on all continents, its Roman hierarchy is still dominated by white, European men. Its views on human sexuality, feminism, birth control and the family are often extremely conservative--perhaps unrealistically so. All too often, the most vociferous conservative voices in the institution choose only these issues as the focal points of their moral crusades...
...France to the famous white chalk cliffs of Dover on the English side. Yet down the centuries the narrow neck of water separating Britain and France has served as one of Europe's most enduring physical and psychological barriers. Only twice have armies crossed it to invade Britain: the Roman legions in 54 B.C. and the one led by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. Secure on their sceptered isle, Britons developed their own proud brand of insularity, summed up as "splendid isolation" during the palmy Victorian...
According to Roman, "it's hard to compete witha cappella music, which is very fun." Andseveral choir members commented that it isdifficult but possible to be in both a choralgroup and an a cappella ensemble. "TheVeritones are the one group that traditionallyworks their schedule around ours," says Roman. Asa result of the flexibility shown by theVeritones, eight of them also sung in choralgroups last year...