Word: virgin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Berceo, a mystic poet, expressed the "absolute harmony of heaven and earth through exact poetical language," Guillen said. Within a strict rhyme scheme, Berceo described a world in which unity and order were maintained by Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary...
Berceo was, in fact, "the believer par excellence," whose faith in Christ and the Virgin was untainted by doubt. Because of this belief, he was able to write of the lives of saints, the salvation of sinners, the experience of the divine in "an elevated and sublime style...
...Manhattan's Roman Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, who, after 25 years of radio-rating, moved into TV in 1952, attracted as many as 16 million listeners over 144 stations. With pontific gesture but light-hearted approach, he used blackboard drawings to discuss philosophy, referred to the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Television," earned high ratings even opposite Lucy and You Bet Your Life...
Should the Virgin Mary be referred to as the Mother or the Mama of Jesus Christ? This question, while not the major issue in the controversy, was nevertheless one irritant in the latest quarrel between the Vatican and the French Roman Catholic Church. Long suspicious of French "progressive Catholicism," the Vatican finally cracked down on a matter that seemed less dramatic than the ill-fated Red-tinged Worker Priest movement (TIME, May 13), but was perhaps even closer to rank and file French Catholics. The issue: a "progressive catechism." which replaced the old, stodgy National Catechism throughout France last year...
Drumbeat Repetition. The old National Catechism phrased its lessons in adult language, relied on drumbeat repetition to teach difficult concepts that children later might grow to understand: "Was the Blessed Virgin preserved from original sin? Yes, the Blessed Virgin was preserved from original sin. This is why we say that she was conceived without sin." The new catechism's verse presentation is designed for emotional appeal...