The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption
“Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil himself. . . . There is no doubt that I traveled with him at my side and that he extorted a great price for his company.”

This is how Bella Dodd (1904–69) described her long battle with atheistic communism, an ideology her Church calls a “satanic scourge.” She later described it as a “school of darkness,” a school of “hate,” a school for which she was a master organizer and infiltrator of every organization—public, private, and even ecclesiastical.

Bella Dodd courageously left the Communist Party and its diabolical machinations. Her former communist affiliates then smeared her with eerily familiar epithets to modern ears, dubbing her everything from a “fascist” to a “racist.” Some things never change.

One thing that changed, however, was Bella Dodd. The man who helped pull her from the pit? A priest. A priest by the name of Fulton Sheen. Bella Dodd’s story thereafter changed dramatically from one of seduction by the devil to redemption through Christ. She dedicated the remainder of her life to a special penance: warning the world of the evil of communism and its plans .

In the battle between the devil and Bella Dodd, Bella and her Church won. At long last, here is her inspiring story.

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The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption
“Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil himself. . . . There is no doubt that I traveled with him at my side and that he extorted a great price for his company.”

This is how Bella Dodd (1904–69) described her long battle with atheistic communism, an ideology her Church calls a “satanic scourge.” She later described it as a “school of darkness,” a school of “hate,” a school for which she was a master organizer and infiltrator of every organization—public, private, and even ecclesiastical.

Bella Dodd courageously left the Communist Party and its diabolical machinations. Her former communist affiliates then smeared her with eerily familiar epithets to modern ears, dubbing her everything from a “fascist” to a “racist.” Some things never change.

One thing that changed, however, was Bella Dodd. The man who helped pull her from the pit? A priest. A priest by the name of Fulton Sheen. Bella Dodd’s story thereafter changed dramatically from one of seduction by the devil to redemption through Christ. She dedicated the remainder of her life to a special penance: warning the world of the evil of communism and its plans .

In the battle between the devil and Bella Dodd, Bella and her Church won. At long last, here is her inspiring story.

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The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption

The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption

The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption

The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption

Overview

“Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil himself. . . . There is no doubt that I traveled with him at my side and that he extorted a great price for his company.”

This is how Bella Dodd (1904–69) described her long battle with atheistic communism, an ideology her Church calls a “satanic scourge.” She later described it as a “school of darkness,” a school of “hate,” a school for which she was a master organizer and infiltrator of every organization—public, private, and even ecclesiastical.

Bella Dodd courageously left the Communist Party and its diabolical machinations. Her former communist affiliates then smeared her with eerily familiar epithets to modern ears, dubbing her everything from a “fascist” to a “racist.” Some things never change.

One thing that changed, however, was Bella Dodd. The man who helped pull her from the pit? A priest. A priest by the name of Fulton Sheen. Bella Dodd’s story thereafter changed dramatically from one of seduction by the devil to redemption through Christ. She dedicated the remainder of her life to a special penance: warning the world of the evil of communism and its plans .

In the battle between the devil and Bella Dodd, Bella and her Church won. At long last, here is her inspiring story.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781505129182
Publisher: TAN Books
Publication date: 11/17/2022
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary Nicholas is a retired physician and research librarian. She was active in the University Faculty for Life. She has contributed articles to both the American Thinker and Canada Free Press. 

Paul Kengor, PhD, is professor of political science at Grove City College and author of many books, including The Devil and Karl Marx. He is a senior editor for The American Spectator.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Bella Dodd's Purge from the Communist Party 25

2 Early Life and First Exposure to Utopia 39

3 Hunter College-Education for the Revolution (1921-25) 53

4 Intellectual Influences on Bella's Professors 67

5 Columbia University Progressive Education-Tool for the Revolution 83

6 Bella at Columbia, NYU, and Abroad (1925-30) 101

7 Bella, the Family, and Communism 115

8 Bella Openly Joins the Communist Party (1943) 127

9 The Communist Party Takes Over the Teachers Union 149

10 Bella and the Party Invade Education 165

11 Bella Dodd's Multi-Front Activity 183

12 Communists Make a Show Trial of the Rapp-Coudert Hearings 207

13 Bella and Communists Target and Infiltrate the Catholic Church 227

14 Marxist Influence inside the Church 277

15 Questions Begin: Bella Doubts Her Communist Faith 297

16 Meeting Sheen: Recovery and Reconciliation 315

17 Courageous Witness 323

Acknowledgments 339

Notes 345

Bibliography 405

Index 413

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