Word: sacraments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...volunteers discover ultra-progressive Indian nationalists who write a newspaper called "Americans Before Columbus," paradoxically warning other Indians not to "sell out" to the white man. They also encounter Indians who practice the tenets of the ancient Native American Church, using peyote as a sacrament...
Encouragingly, there is evidence that the spiritual differences between the two traditions are lessening. Many Protestant churches are in the midst of a liturgical revival that is restoring sacrament to a place of equality with the preached word. The decrees of the Vatican Council have already removed some Protestant objections to Catholic worship and encourage greater study and use of Scripture by laymen and priests alike. Last week, three English clergymen-an Anglican, a Roman Catholic and a Methodist-jointly recommended still another change in worship that could help bring divided Christianity closer together. They proposed that their churches draw...
There is further evidence for the opinion that Paul's theological touch is a little uncertain. While no theologian questions Paul's defense of the Eucharistic real presence in Mysterium Fidei some argue that the Pope's incidental defense of such practices as adoration t the blessed sacrament and Benediction runs counter to the theology of the council's liturgical constitution, which emphasizes that the central place of the Eucharist is only in the communal meal that is the Mass. Even more questionable to some theologians is the encyclical's assumption that the language in which a church dogma...
...Psalter abandoned elaborate gilding to accompany the Gospels with cursive, pen-and-ink cartooning. By the time the Carolingian Renaissance subsided in the late 10th century, art was no longer the same as religion, only its handmaiden. As the Libri Carolini put it in the late 8th century: "The sacrament is nourishment for the soul. Pictures are food only for the eyes." So the Carolingian renaissance opened the way for the later, greater Renaissance to depict the deeds of mortal man without fear...
More Forgiveness. So far, most Roman Catholic bishops are cool to the idea of de-emphasizing private confession, although advocates of general confession can muster good arguments for their cause. Brother Philip believes that general confession would make sacramental forgiveness more readily available to more people, bring back to Communion Catholics who for one reason or another cannot or will not confess to a priest. General confession, moreover, would have special value in such countries as Brazil, where millions of rural Catholics see a priest no more than once a month; for many, private confession is impossible. In fact, general...