FACT OF THE DAY: “Is Theology Poetry?” was a paper read by Lewis to the Socratic Club today (11/6) in 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit in any of these things, not even science …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
After being released in the UK earlier in 1958, Reflections of the Psalms came out in the US the same year on November 5th.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A little comic relief in a discussion does no harm, however serious the topic may be. (In my own experience the funniest things have occurred in the gravest and most sincere conversations.)”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in November 5, 1958 in the U.S.)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“Everybody says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until ____ _____ _____ _____ ______ .”
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Weight of Glory” was published in the November, 1941 issues of Theology. See it online here.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken.”
The Weight of Glory
(Published in November, 1941 issue of Theology)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Despite being very creative and having an amazing memory, Lewis had a lot of trouble with one aspect of writing. What was it?
Letters: C.S. Lewis, Don Giovanni Calabria: A Study in Friendship was published on November 1, 1988 and contained 28 letters from Lewis.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The voice of God indeed daily calls to us; calls to the world to abandon sins and seek the Kingdom of God wholeheartedly.”
Letters: C.S. Lewis, Don Giovanni Calabria: A Study in Friendship
(Book published 11/1/1988; Letter written 4/17/1949)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What four children’s names did Lewis FIRST consider for the Pevensie children?
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (11/2) in 1967 Spenser’s Images of Life was published. It was edited by Alastair Fowler and based on Lewis’s Cambridge lectures. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Faerie Queene is perhaps the most difficult poem in English. Quite how difficult, I am only now beginning to realize after …
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FACT OF THE DAY: “Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 7th BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 11). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Faith, in the sense in which I am using the word, is the art of holding on …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The 27th Screwtape Letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. Its subtitle was “The Historical Point of View.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Anything, even a sin, which has the total effect of moving him close up to the Enemy [i.e. God], makes against us in the …
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FACT OF THE DAY: “A Note on Jane Austen” was published in the October, 1954 issue of Essays in Criticism. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard core of morality and even of religion seems to me to be just what makes good comedy possible.” A Note on Jane Austen (Published in the …
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FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (10/29) in 1935 Oxford University Press agreed to publish The Allegory of Love. It became Lewis’s first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nearly all those evils in the world which people put down to greed or selfishness are really far more the result of …
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FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was published in the October, 1946 issue of Resistance. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; …
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