"Verbatim"."There's a lot of references in the Bible to being naked. In the early church, all Christians were baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. naked. It wasn't an issue." --Naturist and Catholic Jim Cunningham on his new self-published book Nudity & Christianity (Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , July 2, 2007) "We think they're a bit dodgy dodgy - Synonym with flaky. Preferred outside the US , too, but we've come a long way from saying the pope is the Antichrist Antichrist (ăn`tĭkrīst), in Christian belief, a person who will represent on earth the powers of evil by opposing the Christ, glorifying himself, and causing many to leave the faith. ." --Sydney's Anglican Bishop Robert Forsyth, on the Vatican's July document calling other Christian churches "wounded" (The Age, July 12, 2007) "The mystery of the Eucharist is not that it's in Latin." --Georgetown's Father Tom Reese, S.J. on the new permission for the Tridentine Mass (Chicago Tribune, July 7, 2007)" On the Web Go to uscatholic.org for more church news. |
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