Word: church
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Russia is a functioning Socialist State and as such is a congenital foe of Fascism. . . . Russia . . . was forced to deal with Hitler in its own way. . . . [The Living Church] calls upon me to 'sever all relations' with those bright enough to understand what is going on, suggesting that I am falling for 'their essentially un-Christian propaganda.' Well, I think I know un-Christian propaganda when I see it and there is rather more of it, in this war as in the last, coming from Christian pulpits and editorial offices of Church papers than from Union...
...thus transubstantiated) at the same time, are distributed in Holy Communion. There must be some left over, to be placed in the tabernacle on the altar. These reserved Hosts are believed to be-not merely to represent-the Real Presence of Christ. This perpetual Presence explains why, when a church burns, someone always attempts to save the Host, often at the risk of his life...
...insure that the consecrated Host shall not be subjected to indignity or outrage, the Catholic Church has legislated in great detail. Last week the Primate of England's Catholics, Arthur Cardinal Kinsley, reminded his priests of what they should do in case of an air raid during Mass. If the Host has not been consecrated, said His Eminence, the Mass should be stopped at once, to be resumed later if possible. But if the consecration has been performed, the priest must consume the Host and wine, then end the Mass. Should the Host be lost during a raid...
...dogs, transgressed (to the extent of five illegitimate children) with an attractive milliner named Emilie Trampusch. Frau Strauss kept a stiff upper lip, concentrated on making her Johann II a better man than his father. So while Johann I gadded about, Johann II composed and practiced the organ in church. His teachers, who expected him to write Masses and oratorios, were scandalized to find him playing a waltz on the organ. "It had been intended for a fugue," he explained, "but it had somehow slipped...
Solitude, melancholy, the sense of death can become desperate problems; and plenty of travelers end their travels in alcohol or marriage. Yet "the number of suicides aboard trains is as small as that in church...