Word: romanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rocky grey soil, more and more of Massilia's fortifications began to appear. To Euzennat, it soon became apparent that a greater expanse of ramparts remained intact than anyone had estimated when fragments were unearthed earlier in the century. Moreover, the walls were definitely Greek rather than Roman, and far more important historically...
...work halted for a month-and the archaeologists began digging. They unearthed remnants of towers, lower ramparts, parts of a pier, inner walls, a sewer network and a central flagstone street. Buried within the fortifications, which are at least 460 ft. by 130 ft., were catapult balls of apparently Roman origin, along with building blocks bearing Greek monograms and pottery fragments, including one that dates from the 5th century B.C. Said Euzennat, who believes the find as important as the ruins of Carthage: "You have to go to Syracuse to find something comparable...
...with "superstition, sheer evil and flat contradiction," but did not even exist in its present form until several centuries after the founding of Christianity. The bishop similarly dismisses the infallibility of church councils on the ground, among others, that Christian denominations disagree violently on how many there really were; Roman Catholics accept 21 ecclesiastical synods as ecumenical councils, the Greek Orthodox only seven. He also contends that the creeds did not take shape until several centuries after Christ, and "do not stand on their own feet...
...declared Pope Paul VI last March in Populorum Progressio, his encyclical on economic and social justice. Does this inalienable right exist for Roman Catholic priests? Last week the Rev. John A. O'Brien, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, used the encyclical's noble words to challenge the Pope's recent decision upholding mandatory celibacy for priests. Addressing almost 200 fellow clerics gathered at Notre Dame, O'Brien said: "For years, countless thousands of priests have felt that they were being deprived of an inalienable, God-given right...
...maintain it is grossly overstated. There are married clergy today who have healthy prayer lives, a zealous sense of Christian mission and a balanced view of sex. To presume otherwise is a distortion of facts and an injustice to honest men." Describing preoccupation with celibacy as "a hobbyhorse of Roman Catholic theology," Dutch Priest R.J. Bunnik contended that Pope Paul's decision on the issue even "contradicts the way of thinking of the Second Vatican Council, which refused to call the religious life any longer the 'state of perfection' and laid great stress on the vocation...