DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending

Matthew Weber · 17 Jan 2003, 16:40 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: Matthew Weber <mweber at library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:40:24 -0800
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At 04:25 PM 1/17/03 +0000, Andy wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
>
> >> 1. Lewis wasn't a Catholic and would have been very annoyed
> >> at you for suggesting he was.

You could say he was a "small-c" catholic.  The Apostles' and the Nicene=20
Creed (both of which are features of the Anglican Church's Morning Prayer &=20
Communion services) each include a line professing belief in "the holy=20
catholic church".  Obviously, he had doctrinal differences with the Church=20
of Rome, but it didn't prevent him from accepting them as fellow Christians.

>No, he was a Mere Christian.  But he wrote CATHOLIC FABULATION.   Which is
>essentially science fiction that presumes the Catholic God really,
>objectively, exists, and sort of goes on from there.

Lewis was an Anglican, and not just because of the accident of his having=20
been born in England.  There's no indication in any of his devotional or=20
didactic writings that he disagreed with any of the teachings of the C. of =
E.

MERE CHRISTIANITY should be understood, not as an explication of the=20
totality of Lewis' beliefs and sympathies, but--as the title states--the=20
"bottom line" of Christian belief and practice; i.e., what all Christian=20
sects, denominations, and divisions hold in common despite their doctrinal=20
and practical differences.  I don't have a copy handy, but I'm fairly sure=20
it was intended as a primer for non-Christians, or non-practicing Christian=
s.

Matthew Weber
Curatorial Assistant
Music Library
University of California, Berkeley

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
         The Holy Bible (The Old Testament):  _The Book of Job_, chapter=20
13, verse 15

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