Tag: Theology

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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?

Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Christianity and Culture” appeared in the March 1940 issue of Theology, but someone replied to it that lead Lewis to comment further.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Once we have accepted an omniscient & providential God, the distinction we used to draw between the significant and the fortuitous must either break down or be restated in some v. much subtler form.”

Letter to Sheldon Vanauken 3/6/1955
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many books are there in The Chronicle of Narnia series?
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)

RETROSPECT: March 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.

C. S. Lewis (Theology) Collection

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

Most are aware that in addition to Lewis’s landmark books, he wrote a lot of shorter works that were published in a variety of publications. One of those is a journal called Theology. Over a three year span (1939-41) he had ten pieces released there. Last year in honor of the 50th anniversary of his death the editors created a special page online for anyone to access PDF copies of all of those writings. They include four articles, three book reviews and three letters (correspondence). The most famous selection is the essay version of Lewis’s best sermon (and it was only his second), “The Weight of Glory.”

Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s review of A Lectionary of Christian Prose from the Second Century to the Twentieth Century was published in Theology, December ’39.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Can it really be my duty to buy and receive masses of junk every winter just to help the shopkeepers? If the worst comes to the worst I’d sooner give them money for nothing and write it off as a charity.”

What Christmas Means to Me
(Published in Twentieth Century; December, 1957)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote: (five words):
“All our merely natural activities will be accepted, if they are offered to God, even the humblest, and all of them, even the noblest, will be ______ ____ _____ _____ _______ .”
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)

Weight of Glory Anniversary Reflections (Revised)

William OFlaherty CSL Minute

“The Weight of Glory” was first published in the November, 1941 issue of Theology. Thus, I felt it appropriate to post a reflection of it that I did five months. Only minor edits have been done to the piece.

This year (2013) marks the 72nd anniversary of C.S. Lewis giving his famous sermon “The Weight of Glory.” He preached it on June 8, 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford. If I understand correctly this was only the second time he was in any pulpit. His debut sermon was actually at the same location on October 22, 1939. On that date the message was called “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time,” but it’s known today as “Learning in War-Time.” That talk was enjoyed so much that when Ashely Sampson was

Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Is Theology Poetry? was a paper read by Lewis to the Socratic Club today (11/6) in 1944.

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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 itself.”

Is Theology Poetry?
(Talk given on 11/6/1944 to Socratic Club)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort; it’s not the sort of _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Weight of Glory” was published in the November, 1941 issues of Theology.

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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:

Once Lewis began to seriously write the Narnia books, which one took the longest for him to write?