School of Darkness
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jan 2026 on Digital Social Hour.
About
-- The story of how Bella Dodd left the Catholic Faith of her childhood to become a high-ranking member of the Communist Party USA, and later found her way back to the Church. Bella Dodd ranks with Whittaker Chambers as a leading converted communist. Her testimony before investigating committees revealed the extent to which communist infiltration had taken place in America, particularly among teachers in schools and colleges. This record of her life describes how she came to be a member of the Communist Party, the reasons for her gradual disillusionment and final break with the party, and her eventual return to the Catholic Church into which she was born. Her conversion to Communism was a slow usurpation of the mind by an appeal to love of humanity, a vision of a better society, and wider social justice.
Who said what
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Chad O. Jackson💬 Mentioned
…referencing book documenting communist infiltration of churches
“Bella Dodd wrote about this in her book, School of Darkness. Fulton Sheen actually wrote about this as well. The communists were actively infiltrating the church.”
Digital Social Hour — Chad O. Jackson vs Austin Off Script – Martin Luther King DEBATE | DSH #1734at 14:33
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