FACT OF THE DAY: “A Note on Comus” and “Genius and Genius” was published in The Review of English Studies in April in 1932 and 1936 respectively. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But let us thank God that we are still very far from travel to other worlds. I have wondered before now …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Grand Miracle,” preached earlier this month in 1945 was printed on the 27th in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If I remember rightly, St. Augustine raised a question about the theological position of satyrs, monopods, and other semi-human creatures. He decided it could wait till we knew there were any.”
Religion and Rocketry
(Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 issue of Christian Herald)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-Narnia book was published sometime this month (in what year) that was part of a series?
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RETROSPECT: April 20th – 30th
Highlights for the final third of April (20th – 30th) include: Publication of Perelandra, a talk “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” and Lewis’s first marriage to Joy Davidman.
Before Lewis gain fame from a series of books about a place called Narnia, he had written a trilogy that had a science fiction theme. The second of those books, Perelandra, came out on the 20th in 1943. In it we take a trip to Venus with the main character, Ransom and follow his quest to save that world from impending corruption. In the U.S. it wasn’t released until a year later on the 11th. In 1953 a paperback version came out under the title Voyage to Venus. On some occasions in his life Lewis considered this novel to be his best (this was also said of Till We Have Faces). Perelandra was dedicated “To Some Ladies at Wantage,” as in Wantage,
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 17th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Will We Lose God in Outer Space? was published in the April 1958 issue of Christian Herald; it’s now known as “Religion and Rocketry”
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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. O that we may all hear the call of the Father and, sometime, at last be converted to the Lord. ”
Letter to Don Giovanni Calabria on 4/17/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book has the most chapters in it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“A Note on Comus” and “Genius and Genius” was published in The Review of English Studies in April in 1932 and 1936 respectively.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“But let us thank God that we are still very far from travel to other worlds. I have wondered before now whether the vast astronomical distances may not be God’s quarantine precautions. They prevent the spiritual infection of a fallen species from spreading.”
Religion and Rocketry (initially titled Will We Lose God in Outer Space)
(Published in Christian Herald in April 1958 issue)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
From which Narnia book is the following passage and who said it: “Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things…in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones.”
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