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...Magna Carta. Catholic Bible experts began catching up with the rest of the scholarly world after 1943, when Pius XII issued his encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu. Written largely by German Jesuit Augustin Bea, now the cardinal in charge of Rome's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, the encyclical encouraged Catholics to study the historical background of Scripture, and to use modern critical techniques developed by Protestant and Jewish scholars. Bible scholars hailed the encyclical as their Magna Carta; conservative theologians thought it an open invitation to a modernist revival...
...thousands and scores of thousands, they gave a cha cha cha rhythm to their chant of his name: "Kenn-e-dee! Kenn-e-dee!'' Women swooned while sighing "El macho divino" ("The divine he-man"). Carried away by his presence at Mass in San Jose Cathedral, the organist thumped out The Star-Spangled Banner, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and Yankee Doodle. Even the fact that his nose, after a weekend in Palm Beach, was pink and peeling, seemed to add to his appeal. Cried a teen-age girl in ecstasy: "Tiene...
...finest work does not bear his name. In 1943 Pope Pius asked Bea's help in writing an encyclical letter on Bible scholarship; the resulting document. Divino afflante Spiritn, has been hailed by Catholic Bible scholars as their 20th century declaration of independence because of the latitude it gave them in Biblical interpretation. Two years later, Pope Pius asked Bea to become his confessor...
...embittered Corporal Cherry, Private Hines, whose inclusion makes it clear that Gold is not particularly concerned with Brown as a member of a minority group, and Private Frazier (a writer who thinks in stereotyped literary images). But his satire betrays a genuine contempt. He clearly identifies with Sergeant Divino--an extremely sympathetic hero: "It was all he (Divino) wanted now or ever from the Cherrys, the knowledge he was limned in spades to know they knew that civilian crazy core of him their souls. Needing no confrontation, no mundane strength... he needed periodic (and mutual) of their polarity: that...
...bullet penetrating the base of his spine. He died that night. His brother Salvatore, 7, was knocked sprawling by five bullets in his body. Michael Bevilacqua, a baby of 3, lay nearby in his carriage. Four slugs tore into his pillow, two caught him in the back. Samuel Divino, 5, and Florence D'Amello, 14, were less seriously injured...