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...view of numerous academicians, the anonymous authors of the four Gospels (later conventionally labeled Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were working from second- and thirdhand materials, passed along by word of mouth for some decades before being written down. Consequently, the Gospels cannot be taken as gospel; that is, they cannot in every instance be considered as describing actual events. "The New Testament is the testimony of believing people," says the liberal Catholic Theologian Edward Schillebeeckx of the Netherlands. "What they are saying is not history but expressions of their belief in Jesus as Christ...
Last week, the battle lost. Morris wrote his resignation and mailed it to Cowles in Minneapolis. He heard of its acceptance thirdhand-from staffers who had been told by Blair, who had been informed by Cowles. Morris called Cowles to protest, but in vain. Then, in a public statement of resignation, he deplored what he called "cavalier treatment by business managers of America's most distinguished magazine...
...Phil La Follette had been delayed. Governor Landon sat three chairs away from the President, but the two managed to exchange considerable conversation. Whenever they did, the other diners at their table kept still, listened hard. Some scraps of dialog as they filtered into the Press at thirdhand...