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...letters in the Greek word for fish, 'IXOVS, are the initials for "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Saviour...
...trouble began with a sermon in Pasco's Church of Our Saviour by energetic Rector Charles Lester Kinsolving, 30. "Hell," he preached, "is a damnable doctrine-responsible for a large measure of this world's hatred. According to this doctrine, God, who commands us to love our enemies, plays the hypocrite by damning his enemies. This in turn stimulates the hatred of God by people who abhor hypocrisy-and it gives sanction to our hatred of certain selected enemies...
...Trinity, Incarnation, Redemption; he accepts the authority of the Scriptures, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection and Second Coming of Christ; he acknowledges the existence of a personal Satan, the immortality of the soul, a heaven and hell beyond the grave, the necessity of personal repentance, of a personal Saviour. "So far, fine," says Father Kelly in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review. "But there is plentiful mixing of truth and error in his preaching on these points." And Kelly complains that Evangelist Graham leaves out entirely such cornerstones of the Catholic faith as the mediating power of the Virgin Mary, the sacrament...
...strictly to politics rather than other topical matters, praising democrats and making fun of strongmen. During the 1952 Panamanian elections he made his professional breakthrough with a glowing ditty about a democrat of sorts, the late President Jose Antonio ("Chichi") Remon. The lyrics, shunning excess modesty, called Remon "the saviour of Panama"; Remon used it as a campaign jingle, and after he won the election sent Kontiki a check for $250. For any rising young calypso singer, the next step was clear. Then only 16, Kontiki strolled into a local ginmill one night and, in one of the haphazard contests...
...might do well to note that once again the dauntless Mr. Magoo was the bright spot of the evening. Indeed, were it not for our nearsighted saviour, Brattle patrons might think that the motion picture distributors were giving the Brattle little but second rate material. Those of us whose interests extend beyond UPA cartoons, travelogues, and re-releases of originally poor films are becoming discouraged...