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C. S. Lewis on Christianity

1898–1963 Ireland

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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

Is Theology Poetry? (1945)

As image and apprehension are in an organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul.

God in the Dock (1970)

I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is against it.

Mere Christianity (1952)

The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact.

Myth Became Fact (1944)

Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. It does involve the belief that God loves man and for his sake became man and died.

Miracles (1947)

Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.

Mere Christianity (1952)

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.

God in the Dock (1994)

I am to talk about Apologetics. Apologetics means of course Defence. The first question is — what do you propose to defend? Christianity, of course.

God in the Dock (1970)

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?

Mere Christianity (1952)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: C. S. Lewis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.