[Faith-talk] {Spam?} The Bible in America's Memorials

[Paul Smith]

Living as I do fairly close to Washington DC at an approximate distance 
of 40 miles or 64 km, through my late pastor, Robert T. Woodworth of 
the now-defunct Christ and Country Church, I knew about most of those 
monuments.  The Gutenburg Bible and the Great Bible of Mainz, Germany 
are housed in a glass case immediately after you ascend to the second 
floor of the Library of Congress after you leave the elevator or have 
walked up the stairs.  It is interesting in my opinion that, although 
this building is a government institution, that it (the government) 
would allow all these quotations, as much time and effort has in recent 
years been taken to separate church from state.

Although not a government building, on the outside of the National 
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the corners of Michigan and 
South Dakota Avenues, the largest Catholic edifice of its kind in the 
Western Hemisphere, has hundreds of Bible quotes etched in the outside 
marble walls, and any of you who know your print letters would 
undoubtedly be able to read them.  On April 28, 1990 the above-named 
Pastor Woodworth and the undersigned participated in a prolife rally on 
the Washington Monument grounds, and he pointed out this particular 
wall with Scripture verses.

Yes, folks, there's much more to this 69 square mile territory than 
federal government activity, as will be evident in November 2017 when 
the Museum of the Bible will open.  Thanks for sharing all of this info 
with us.  Paul