Word: theologicall
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Much of the controversy centered on religion. The College, first a Puritan Seminary, became enmeshed in pitched theological battles as other denominations won seats on the governing boards. At the end of the 17th century, President Increase Mather fought unsuccessfully to turn the College into a Calvinist seminary. He failed...
Book burning by censors of the Roman Catholic Church sputtered out long ago. The Index of Prohibited Books, and other means of limiting what the faithful were permitted to read, faded away during and after the Second Vatican Council. Now, however, there are small signs that the pendulum is swinging...
Sexual Morality, by the Rev. Philip S. Keane of Baltimore, is a rather colloquial theological inquiry that has sold some 30,000 copies. In the book, Keane records his occasional differences with church teaching on matters like homosexuality, but is always careful in describing official doctrine. In 1977 Archbishop Richard...
John Paul now has his own men running all of the key Curial offices. Noting that Cardinal Gantin is the first non-Italian to run the Congregation for Bishops, a progressive Vatican watcher observed, "For the first time, bishops of the world will be chosen without the influence of Italian...
Ratzinger's response is a ringing denunciation. Originally delivered in private last September at a weekly meeting of the Pope and his cabinet, Ratzinger's report appeared last week in 30 Giorni (30 Days), an Italian Catholic monthly. Though not a formal Vatican decree, the document is known...