My known influences are Paul Tillich, who taught Theology at both Union Seminary in New York and Harvard Divinity School; John A. T. Robinson, the Bishop of Woolwich and New Testament Professor at Cambridge University; and Michael Donald Goulder, New Testament professor at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. Only Michael Goulder of the three remains alive today.
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Catholics are supposed to confess their sins to a priest at least once a year. The priest absolves them in God’s name.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that “immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into Hell”. Traditionally, the seven deadly sins were considered: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth. The Apostolic Penitentiary, one of the Vatican’s most secretive departments, which fixes the punishments and indulgences handed down to sinners, last year updated its list of deadly sins to include more modern ones. The revised list included seven modern sins it said were becoming prevalent during an era of “unstoppable globalisation”. These included: genetic modification, experiments on the person, environmental pollution, taking or selling illegal drugs, social injustice, causing poverty and financial greed. …. BBC News 17 February 2009  |
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