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Roman Catholics, he pointed out, cannot accept the opinion that all mankind was not descended from Adam or that the biblical figure of Adam really represents "a certain number of first parents." Such a position cannot be reconciled with the church's doctrine of original sin, "which proceeds from sin actually committed by an individual Adam, and which through generations is passed on to all and is in everyone...
When Traveling Evangelist Del A. Fehsenfeld, 38, settled down last fall as pastor of the Argentine Baptist Church† in Kansas City, Kans., he started right out"preaching hard - hard against sin." But after a while, Pastor Fehsenfeld began to get on the nerves of some of his parishioners. He acted like a dictator, they said - expelling people from membership, illegally changing the church's affiliations, preaching against lodges and fraternal orders. He even denounced Santa Claus from the pulpit. "He said Santa Claus is a dirty lie," reported one member of the congregation. "Then he cupped his hand...
...true that, besides the fair share of man-made sin among his parishioners, Don Camillo had a massive irritation to contend with. Peppone, the Communist mayor, was the sworn enemy of the church and kept up a running brawl with the priest. Peppone, a tough and able Communist who hadn't made his confession since 1918, set up trials for Don Camillo that ranged from swiping his clothes while he was in swimming to a clout on the head with a heavy stick...
...young man fully occupied. For Anisetta and himself, the professor set up a cozy week in the country. Before she went off, Anisetta wrote a note that she thought would surely bring Aquila in pursuit, cure him of being progressive once & for all: "Have gone to live in sin for a week with Professor Lissom, back Tuesday lunch-your loving wife A." Uncle Giorgio thought the note would be enough, too, but it wasn't. After all, jealousy was bourgeois and old hat, and no true progressive would deny his wife her emotional and physical freedom. When he thought...
...Niebuhr, with his mystical emphasis on "sin," is, in my opinion, just as guilty of mental astigmatism as was Karl Marx, who was blinded to everything but man's economic side...