Jose Maria de Urquinaona y Bidot Quotes
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Chil y Marango had studied the Spanish controlled Canary Islands showing some of the primitive behavior of early man there which did injury to the Church’s view of Adam and Eve and denial of any evolution. Ironically, today the Catholic Church accepts evolution as valid science and religion while some other churches do not.
Jose Maria de Urquinaona y Bidot, *-~1878, Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop, Description of the work of Dr. Chil y Marango, Excommunication Proclamation, 1878
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Franklin was opposed to declaring the eagle as the national bird.
Referring to Richard M. Nixon:
Marshall was one of the greatest soldiers who ever served America. He was the Chief of Staff throughout the Second World War and then served as Secretary of State. It was he who devised and implemented the Marshall Plan. McCarthy accused thousands of people of being disloyal including Marshall. He claimed to have lists of communists in the Army and other agencies of government, but never produced such lists. In addition to being a overbearing demagogue, he suffered (and died from) from a serious case of alcoholism. McCarthy’s false and irresponsible attacks eventually caused the Senate to censure him. That and his drinking destroyed his career. Marshall is remembered as one of America’s great figures.
Coughlin was a great admirer of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and the Fascists. He was one of the American “heroes” in Nazi Germany, receiving assistance from the Nazi government. Between his anti-Semitism and support for Hitler, Fascism and radical socialism, the Vatican ordered him off the air and shut down his political demagoguery.
At the time Islam was quite conflicted about the role of innovation, science and reform. Innovators were to many theologians as dangerous to society as heretics and had to be refuted. Al-Ashari’s school of thought has prevailed in much of the Muslim world to this day.
Characterizing Martin Luther King Jr.:
Referring to Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1869-1948:
The King, a religious exremist fanatic, was a great supporter of the Inquisition whose excesses were horrible during his reign.
José María Urquinaona y Bidot (or Vidot) (1814–1883) was a bishop of Barcelona. Born in Cádiz, he was presented at the First Vatican Council as secretary of the bishops from Spain. In 1878, he was made bishop of Barcelona. The Plaça Urquinaona is named after him.
