Word: testament
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pages won't be parchment and the subject in far from sacred but it shall come to pass on the 21st of May, that which all Kirkland House men hold holy will be published and it will be called The Deacon's Testament...
...That there was no difference between the Old and New Testaments, but that the figure of Jesus appeared "here and there through it all, tempting Job, helping the prophets, and giving the Ten Commandments to Moses." It would seem that "years of Sunday school had conveyed no clear idea of the simple fact that Jesus is the reason for there being a New Testament...
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance...
Long before the New Testament was collected and canonized, the Communion was the core and center of the faith of the tiny Christian sect. They met to celebrate it in private houses. Outsiders were exeluded; even "catechumens" (those not yet baptized) were permitted to be present only for part of the rite. And for centuries they met as outlaws in danger of death...
...country's Jews scattered and unorganized, and falling away from their ancient faith. For half a century he traveled up & down the land preaching and organizing a new, liberalized Judaism; it laid less stress on traditional forms and observances than on cutting the vital principles of the Old Testament to the democratic measure of the New World. "American Judaism" which he founded is today called "Reform," and numbers 350 U.S. congregations...